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Sunderland Hall Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Selkirkshire, in the Scottish Borders region. The cairn stands approximately 1500 metres west of Sunderland Hall, situated on bedrock formed from the Hawick Group, a wacke sandstone dating to the Wenlock period of the Silurian era. This solid geological foundation provided a stable base for the monument's construction.
The cairn represents a form of burial practice characteristic of prehistoric communities in the Scottish uplands, likely dating to the Bronze Age. Such monuments served as enduring markers of the dead and testimony to community investment in mortuary ritual. The exposed wacke bedrock visible in the surrounding landscape would have provided stone resources for its construction, with material potentially gathered from natural exposures or deliberately broken from the bedrock itself.
The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4537, recognising its archaeological and historical significance. This designation ensures that the cairn is legally safeguarded and that any work affecting it is subject to consent and archaeological consideration, preserving this landscape feature for future understanding of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the Borders.
Sunderland Hall,cairn 1500m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4537. View the official record →
Sunderland Hall Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Selkirkshire, in the Scottish Borders region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4537.
Sunderland Hall,cairn 1500m W 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 SM4537.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Philiphaugh,linear earthwork (4.8 km), Howden,motte (5.1 km), Brownmoor Glen,fort (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Sunderland Hall,cairn 1500m W of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Sunderland Hall,cairn 1500m W of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.