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Allt Sgiathaig

Chambered Cairn (neolithic)
Allt Sgiathaig
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Allt Sgiathaig as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Chambered cairns are significant as early communal burial monuments, reflecting complex social structures and ritual practices in prehistoric Scotland.

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