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Stoneyburn cairns, located 800 metres south-west of Stoneyburn in Lanarkshire, is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising one or more burial cairns. The site represents a form of monumental deposition characteristic of the Bronze Age period in Scotland, when communities marked the graves of significant individuals or groups with stone cairns that remained visible in the landscape. As with many cairns of this period in the region, the monument would have functioned as a permanent marker of burial and a focus for ancestral commemoration. The site's survival and formal recording underline its importance to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and the use of prominent topographical locations for funerary monuments in central Scotland.
Stoneyburn,cairns 800m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4515. View the official record →
Stoneyburn cairns, located 800 metres south-west of Stoneyburn in Lanarkshire, is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising one or more burial cairns. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4515.
Stoneyburn,cairns 800m SW 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 SM4515.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bodsberry Hill to Little Clyde,Roman road (3.3 km), Air Cleuch,cairns 1300m S of Glengeith (3.7 km), Crooked Stone, standing stone 160m N of Crookedstane (3.9 km).
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