Cairn 1300m ENE of Dalvey Kilmadock, Scotland
Scheduled Monument Data
Cairn 1300m ENE of Dalvey has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since scheduling.
- Historic Scotland ID
- SM0
- Name
- Dalvey, cairn 1300m ENE of
- Parish
- Kilmadock
- County
- Stirling
- Easting
- 266602
- Northing
- 707346
- Categories
- Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
- Date Listed
- 26 November 2003
- Date Updated
- 13 December 2021
Scheduled Monument Description
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The monument comprises a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as an upstanding stony mound. Cairns such as this are burial mounds of a type characteristic of the early Bronze Age (c.2500-1500BC)
The monument lies at around 150m OD, on gently sloping ground overlooking a comparatively flat saddle of land in an otherwise hilly area. The cairn is a circular stony mound measuring about 15m in diameter, and standing up to 1m high. The body of the cairn has been disturbed, presumably to provide material for nearby field boundaries, but a substantial amount of cairn material remains
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 35m, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Scheduled Monument Statement of Significance
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The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric ritual and funerary practices. It may be expected to contain funerary deposits and evidence relating to its mode of construction and use, and may also preserve beneath it evidence for contemporary landuse and environmental conditions. The importance of this monument is further enhanced by its relationship to similar sites nearby: the cairn is one of a group of prehistoric ritual monuments in the Braes of Doune area which were constructed and used over a period of approximately 2000 years.
Scheduled Monument References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
RCAHMS records the monument as NN 60 NE 44.
