Scheduled MonumentsScotlandSkeroblin Hill,cairn
Cairn

Skeroblin Hill,cairn

Scotland
HES SM3108
Site type
Cairn
Nation
Scotland
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Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Skeroblin Hill is a prehistoric cairn located in Argyllshire, Scotland, designated under the Historic Environment Scotland record SM3108. The monument represents Bronze Age funerary practice, a period during which chambered and non-chambered cairns served as burial monuments across Scotland's landscape. Such cairns typically consist of a mound of stones constructed over one or more burial deposits, and Skeroblin Hill's structure reflects the monumental investment communities made in commemorating their dead during the second and first millennia before the common era. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in western Scotland.

Skeroblin Hill,cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3108. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Skeroblin Hill,cairn?

Skeroblin Hill is a prehistoric cairn located in Argyllshire, Scotland, designated under the Historic Environment Scotland record SM3108. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3108.

Who is responsible for protecting Skeroblin Hill,cairn?

Skeroblin Hill,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 SM3108.

What other scheduled monuments are near Skeroblin Hill,cairn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Campbeltown Cross,Hall Street (7.3 km), Cnocan Sithean,cairn,Machrihanish (8.5 km), Kilkivan,old parish church 150m W of High Kilkivan (8.5 km).

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