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Struanmore is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated 800 metres south-west of Struan Primary School in Inverness-shire. The monument stands on bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lavas and tuffs formed during intense volcanic activity in the early Tertiary period, millions of years before the cairn's construction. This dark volcanic foundation provided the local stone for the monument's builders.
Chambered cairns of this type were constructed during the Neolithic period as monumental tombs for communal burial and ritual purposes. The cairn would originally have comprised a mound of stones covering an internal chamber accessed by a passage, though its current condition reflects the effects of time and earlier stone robbing. The distinctive volcanic geology surrounding the site is characteristic of Inverness-shire's dramatic geological past.
The cairn is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland register under reference SM7929, recognising its importance as a scheduled monument and archaeological resource. It survives as physical evidence of Neolithic settlement and funerary practice in the Scottish Highlands, contributing to our understanding of early farming communities and their monumental ambitions in this landscape.
Struanmore, chambered cairn 800m SW of Struan Primary School is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7929. View the official record →
Struanmore is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated 800 metres south-west of Struan Primary School in Inverness-shire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7929.
Struanmore, chambered cairn 800m SW of Struan Primary School dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 800m sw of struan primary school. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Struanmore, chambered cairn 800m SW of Struan Primary School 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 SM7929.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knock Ullinish, souterrain (0.9 km), Dun Beag, cairn 100m SSW of, Struan (0.9 km), Dun Beag, broch and surrounding structures, Struan, Skye (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Struanmore, chambered cairn 800m SW of Struan Primary School'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.
Struanmore, chambered cairn 800m SW of Struan Primary School stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.