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Torrax Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 1150 metres west-northwest of Torrax in Angus, Scotland. The cairn represents a typical example of the ceremonial and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in eastern Scotland, constructed as a stone mound to mark a significant interment or ritual site. Such cairns served as enduring markers in the landscape and evidence of structured burial traditions during the second millennium before the Common Era. The site is recorded within the national heritage database under the designation SM6844.
Torrax, cairn 1150m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6844. View the official record →
Torrax Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 1150 metres west-northwest of Torrax in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6844.
Torrax, cairn 1150m WNW 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 SM6844.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barry Hill, ring fort (6.1 km), Dillavaird,palisaded homestead and souterrain 450m E of (7.2 km), Kirkhowe of Ruthven,cairn 580m NNW of (7.3 km).
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