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Pityoulish, barrow cemetery 465m WSW of West Croftmore is a Bronze Age burial ground in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The cemetery occupies land underlain by Grampian Group bedrock, ancient metamorphic rocks of psammite and semipelite formation dating to the Neoproterozoic era. This geology of alternating sandstone-like and mudstone-like metamorphic strata would have presented a moderately challenging surface for the construction of burial mounds, yet the Bronze Age communities selected this location for their cemetery.
The barrow cemetery preserves multiple burial mounds characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in the Scottish Highlands. Barrow cemeteries of this type typically represent family or community burial grounds used over several generations, with successive mounds constructed as members of the group died. The clustering of barrows at single locations reflects patterns of land use and territorial identity during the Bronze Age.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument (SM13633), recognising its significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the Inverness area. The survival of multiple mounds at Pityoulish contributes to understanding how Bronze Age communities organised their burial grounds across the Highland landscape.
Pityoulish, barrow cemetery 465m WSW of West Croftmore is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13633. View the official record →
Pityoulish, barrow cemetery 465m WSW of West Croftmore is a Bronze Age burial ground in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13633.
Pityoulish, barrow cemetery 465m WSW of West Croftmore is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM13633.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Loch Nan Carraigean, cairns 40m S of (2.4 km), Avielochan,Tor Beag,fort (3.3 km), Aviemore, cairn 25m SW of 24 Muirton (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Pityoulish, barrow cemetery 465m WSW of West Croftmore's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Pityoulish, barrow cemetery 465m WSW of West Croftmore stands on Grampian Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite and semipelite.