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Tordarroch is a Bronze Age ring cairn located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, approximately 250 metres east of the settlement of Tordarroch. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the scheduled monument reference SM11559. Ring cairns are a distinctive funerary form of the Bronze Age, comprising a rubble mound enclosed by a stone kerb, often with an internal stone platform. They typically contained cremated remains and represent an evolution of earlier cairn types, reflecting changing burial practices during the second millennium before the Common Era.
The cairn sits upon bedrock of the Moine Supergroup, a metamorphic sequence of semipelite and other metasedimentary rocks formed during the Neoproterozoic era over 600 million years ago. This ancient, durable bedrock provides a geologically stable foundation for the monument, common throughout the Highlands. The Moine rocks in this region are characterised by their resistance to erosion, which has allowed Bronze Age monuments built upon them to survive into the modern period.
The survival of Tordarroch ring cairn reflects the enduring nature of both its geological setting and its construction methods. As a scheduled monument, it forms part of the archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in the Scottish Highlands, representing a significant period in the cultural and social development of prehistoric Scotland.
Tordarroch, ring cairn 250m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11559. View the official record →
Tordarroch is a Bronze Age ring cairn located in Inverness-shire, Scotland, approximately 250 metres east of the settlement of Tordarroch. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11559.
Tordarroch, ring cairn 250m E of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tordarroch, ring cairn 250m E 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 SM11559.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Depopulated township, 400m SE of Balloan (1.1 km), Milton of Tordarroch, fort 800m S of (2.1 km), Glen Nairn, hut circle 270m ENE of (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tordarroch, ring cairn 250m E of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Tordarroch, ring cairn 250m E of stands on Moine Supergroup, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is semipelite.