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Woodburnhead is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cairn located in Perthshire, Scotland, situated approximately 700 metres west of the settlement. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork in a landscape underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, a geology of mafic lavas and tuffs that would have presented considerable challenges to the monument's builders when quarrying stone for construction. These volcanic bedrock formations, weathered and fractured by millennia of exposure, provided the raw materials from which the cairn was constructed.
The cairn was built during a period when communal burial monuments were becoming established across the Scottish uplands, serving as focal points within the Bronze Age landscape and visible markers of territorial and family identity. The choice of this particular location reflects the practical considerations of prehistoric communities: access to suitable stone for construction and a prominent position within the surrounding terrain.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM7211, recognising its archaeological significance and the information it holds about Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practices in Perthshire. The monument remains an important physical record of the region's prehistoric heritage and the societies that inhabited these highland areas in antiquity.
Woodburnhead, cairns 700m & 760m W of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7211. View the official record →
Woodburnhead is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cairn located in Perthshire, Scotland, situated approximately 700 metres west of the settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7211.
Woodburnhead, cairns 700m & 760m W 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 SM7211.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glendoick, souterrains 670m WSW of (7.6 km), Unenclosed settlement NW of Mains of Murie (7.8 km), Newton of Glencarse, ring-ditches 270m NE of (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Woodburnhead, cairns 700m & 760m W 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.
Woodburnhead, cairns 700m & 760m W of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.