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Tirinie is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery comprising three burial mounds situated on the southern and south-eastern slopes of Tirinie in Perthshire. The mounds are positioned on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a geological formation of psammite and pelite laid down during the Middle Cambrian period. This sandy and muddy metamorphic stone would have provided stable ground for the construction and preservation of these funerary monuments.
Round barrows such as these typically date to the second millennium BC, when cremation and inhumation burial practices were accompanied by the construction of earthen mounds. The clustering of three mounds at this location suggests a family or community burial ground used across several generations, a common pattern in Bronze Age ceremonial landscapes. The grouping of monuments on sloping ground allowed for good visibility across the surrounding terrain.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10843, ensuring the preservation of these important Bronze Age remains. The moorland setting of Perthshire, with its open horizons and distinctive topography, continues to provide an appropriate landscape context for understanding these ancient funerary monuments and their role within prehistoric settlement patterns.
Tirinie, three round burial mounds S and SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10843. View the official record →
Tirinie is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery comprising three burial mounds situated on the southern and south-eastern slopes of Tirinie in Perthshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10843.
Tirinie, three round burial mounds S and SE 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 SM10843.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Croftmoraig, burial mound 300m NNW of (0.9 km), Croftmoraig,stone circle (1.1 km), Newhall Bridge,two standing stones 400m SE of (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tirinie, three round burial mounds S and SE of'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.
Tirinie, three round burial mounds S and SE of stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.