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Rubha Mor is a cairn located at North Ballachulish in Inverness-shire, Scotland. Built upon bedrock of the Appin Group, the monument sits on complex Neoproterozoic geology comprising graphitic pelite, calcareous pelite, calcsilicate-rock and psammite. This ancient mineral foundation, formed over 600 million years ago, underlies the coastal landscape where the cairn was constructed.
The cairn represents a prehistoric monument type common throughout the Scottish Highlands, typically erected as a burial monument or ritual marker. Its precise chronology and original dimensions are characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practices in this region, though such monuments often accumulated material and were modified across several centuries of use.
Today Rubha Mor is protected as a scheduled monument under the care of Historic Environment Scotland, registered under reference SM3289. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and ceremony in the North Ballachulish area, preserving evidence of human activity on these ancient geological foundations overlooking the Loch Leven landscape.
Rubha Mor, cairn, North Ballachulish is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3289. View the official record →
Rubha Mor is a cairn located at North Ballachulish in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3289.
Rubha Mor, cairn, North Ballachulish 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 SM3289.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Ballachulish, prehistoric ritual site NNE of Hotel (0.3 km), Ballachulish Home Farm, burial mound SW of Ballachulish Hotel (0.6 km), Ballachulish Pier,Appin-murder memorial cairn (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Rubha Mor, cairn, North Ballachulish's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Rubha Mor, cairn, North Ballachulish stands on Appin Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is graphitic pelite, calcareous pelite, calcsilicate-rock and psammite.