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Watenan is a prehistoric cairn and stone setting located approximately 400 metres west of Ulbster in Caithness, northern Scotland. The monument comprises a burial cairn associated with standing stones, characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in the far north of Scotland, though the precise dating of the site remains uncertain without recent excavation. The stone setting reflects the ritual landscape management evident across Caithness during the later prehistory, when communities invested considerable effort in constructing durable monuments for burial and ceremonial purposes. The site forms part of the broader concentration of cairns and stone circles that distinguish the archaeological record of this region.
Watenan,cairn & stone setting 400m W of,Ulbster is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM504. View the official record →
Watenan is a prehistoric cairn and stone setting located approximately 400 metres west of Ulbster in Caithness, northern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM504.
Watenan,cairn & stone setting 400m W of,Ulbster 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 SM504.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn of Get, chambered cairn, cairns and cists (0.2 km), Broughwhin, cairn and stone row 190m NW of Groat's Loch (0.4 km), Groat's Loch, cairn 225m WSW of (0.6 km).
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