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Woodhead Long Cairn is a Neolithic funerary monument located approximately 600 metres east-south-east of Woodhead Farm in Cromartyshire, Scotland. The cairn dates to the Neolithic period and represents one of the long cairn traditions characteristic of early farming communities in northern Scotland during the fourth and third millennia before the present. As a long cairn, the structure would have functioned as a communal burial monument, reflecting the ritual and social practices of its builders. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under the reference SM4568.
Woodhead,long cairn 600m ESE of Woodhead Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4568. View the official record →
Woodhead Long Cairn is a Neolithic funerary monument located approximately 600 metres east-south-east of Woodhead Farm in Cromartyshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4568.
Woodhead,long cairn 600m ESE of Woodhead Farm dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a long cairn 600m ese of woodhead farm. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Woodhead,long cairn 600m ESE of Woodhead Farm 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 SM4568.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Belmaduthy,chambered cairn 410m SW of Belmaduthy Farm (4.9 km), St Duthac's Church, Easter Suddie (6.1 km), Balnaguie, cairn 550m NW of Balnaguie Farm (6.5 km).
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