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Stidriggs, cairn 750m SSW of is a Bronze Age burial cairn located in Dumfriesshire, in the upland terrain of south-west Scotland. The monument sits on bedrock of the Gala Group, a formation of wacke laid down in the Telychian period, part of the ancient marine sediments that underlie much of the Southern Uplands. The local geology of hard, fine-grained sandstone would have provided ready stone for cairn construction.
As a cairn of the Bronze Age period, the monument represents a tradition of communal burial practice spanning roughly the second millennium before the common era across Britain and Ireland. Such monuments typically comprised a mound of stone covering one or more burials, often accompanied by pottery and metalwork. The Dumfriesshire uplands contain numerous examples of similar cairns, indicating sustained settlement and burial practice across this landscape during prehistory.
The cairn is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12658, recognising its archaeological importance. Its survival into the modern period contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in this region of south-west Scotland, where upland areas were actively used for burial and commemoration of the dead.
Stidriggs, cairn 750m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12658. View the official record →
Stidriggs, cairn 750m SSW of is a Bronze Age burial cairn located in Dumfriesshire, in the upland terrain of south-west Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12658.
Stidriggs, cairn 750m SSW of 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 SM12658.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rectilinear enclosure, 1070m SSW of Barntimpen (3.8 km), Raehills, scooped settlement 650m NE of (4.2 km), Tanner's Linn, earthwork (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stidriggs, cairn 750m SSW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Stidriggs, cairn 750m SSW of stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.