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Stroanfreggan Bridge Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. The cairn sits upon bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, Caradocian wacke deposits that form part of the Southern Uplands geology of the region. This stone-based monument represents a form of burial practice common across Bronze Age Britain and Ireland, where communities constructed substantial heaps of stone over the graves of their dead.
The cairn is recognised as a significant archaeological asset and has been designated for protection by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1043. Such monuments often commanded prominent positions within the landscape, serving both as burial markers and as enduring memorials to the deceased within their communities. The wacke bedrock upon which it stands would have provided easily accessible stone for its construction.
The survival of the cairn into the present day permits study of Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in south-west Scotland. Though stone cairns across this region have frequently been disturbed or reduced by subsequent land use, those that remain offer material evidence of prehistoric communities and their relationship with the Kirkcudbrightshire landscape.
Stroanfreggan Bridge,cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1043. View the official record →
Stroanfreggan Bridge Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1043.
Stroanfreggan Bridge,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 SM1043.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stroanfreggan Craig,fort,Smittens Bridge (0.7 km), Craigengillan,cairn (3.3 km), Dundeugh Castle (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stroanfreggan Bridge,cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Stroanfreggan Bridge,cairn stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.