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Ring Hillock is a Bronze Age cairn situated approximately 280 metres south of Breezy Brae in Caithness, Scotland. The monument comprises a circular mound of stones characteristic of burial cairns from the Bronze Age period, which would place its construction within the second millennium BC. Like other cairns in the region, it likely served as a communal or individual burial monument and represents the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in northern Scotland. The site is recorded under the Historic Environment Scotland INSPIRE designation SM474.
Ring Hillock, cairn 280m S of Breezy Brae is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM474. View the official record →
Ring Hillock is a Bronze Age cairn situated approximately 280 metres south of Breezy Brae in Caithness, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM474.
Ring Hillock, cairn 280m S of Breezy Brae 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 SM474.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone Lud, standing stone, recumbent stone and cairn 240m WSW of Ludstone Cottage (4.8 km), Sinclair's Sithean,long cairn 1300m NW of Stemster (4.8 km), Sordale Hill,Cnoc na Ciste,chambered cairn (5.8 km).
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