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Rubh'an Dunain is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the Soay Sound in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents the burial and ritual practices of early farming communities in the Scottish Hebrides. As a chambered cairn, the structure would originally have comprised a stone-built burial chamber enclosed within a mound of stones and earth, typical of megalithic monuments constructed during the fourth and third millennia before the present. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Scotland database under designation HES INSPIRE SM901.
Rubh'an Dunain,chambered cairn,Soay Sound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM901. View the official record →
Rubh'an Dunain is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the Soay Sound in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM901.
Rubh'an Dunain,chambered cairn,Soay Sound dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn,soay sound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Rubh'an Dunain,chambered cairn,Soay Sound 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 SM901.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Loch na h-Airde canal, harbour and noosts, Rubha an Dunain, Isle of Skye (0.3 km), Rubh an Dunain,dun on S side of Soay Sound (0.5 km), Creag a' Chapaill Cave, Rubha an Dunain, Isle of Skye (0.6 km).
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