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Upper Cairn Souterrain is an Iron Age underground stone-built structure located at Braebuster in Orkney, Scotland. The monument consists of a characteristic souterrain, a subterranean passage construction typical of Iron Age settlement in northern Britain, dating to approximately the first millennium BC. The site represents the archaeological remains of domestic or defensive infrastructure from this period, reflecting the settlement patterns and building techniques employed by Iron Age communities in the Orkney Islands. Such structures functioned variously as storage facilities, refuges, or integral elements of settlement complexes during the Iron Age.
Upper Cairn,souterrain,Braebuster is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1437. View the official record →
Upper Cairn Souterrain is an Iron Age underground stone-built structure located at Braebuster in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1437.
Upper Cairn,souterrain,Braebuster dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a souterrain,braebuster. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Upper Cairn,souterrain,Braebuster 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 SM1437.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slack, square barrow cemetery 360m S and 550m SE of, Braebuster, Hoy (1.2 km), Skerry Battery, coast battery (WW2) 460m NNE of Bu (1.7 km), Graemsay Battery, coast battery and camp (2.8 km).
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