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Russell's Cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The cairn consists of a mound of stones constructed as a funerary structure, typical of Bronze Age mortuary practices in southern Scotland during the second millennium BCE. Such cairns served as communal or individual burial sites and often contained deposits of cremated remains, pottery, and other grave goods that reflect the ritual and material culture of their time. The monument survives as a scheduled ancient monument and remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and funerary custom in the region.
Russell's Cairn, cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4460. View the official record →
Russell's Cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4460.
Russell's Cairn, cairn 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 SM4460.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn and round cairn on Turf Hill (7.9 km), Ring cairn 240m north east of Old Quickening Cote (8.8 km), Medieval and later dispersed settlement, 730m north and 860m north of Linbriggs (8.9 km).
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