Description

The monument is a cairn of probable Bronze Age date (2500BC – 800 BC). It survives as an oval grass-grown mound of earth and stone, measuring about 10m by 7m and standing up to about 1.2m high. The monument lies on the highest point on a ridge projecting from the northeast side of Devonshaw Hill, at about 315m above sea level.

The scheduled area is circular, measuring 30m in diameter, centred on the monument. It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as it makes a significant contribution to our understanding or appreciation of the past as a cairn of probable Bronze Age date. It adds to our understanding of the design and construction of burial monuments, the nature of burial and ritual practices and their significance in Bronze Age society. It retains its field characteristics and can be compared with other cairns that survive in the vicinity. As such it can enhance our understanding of Bronze Age society and economy, as well as the nature of belief systems, burial and ceremonial practices. It would have been an important component of the wider prehistoric landscape of settlement, agriculture and ritual and would have been a prominent part of the prehistoric landscape.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland