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Belladrum North

Chambered Cairn (neolithic) - (bronze Age)

Why this matters

Chambered cairn dating to the Neolithic period, with possible Bronze Age reuse. It represents a significant early funerary and ceremonial structure in the Scottish prehistoric landscape.

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Overview

Belladrum North is recorded as Chambered Cairn (neolithic) - (bronze Age) in Scotland Highland. The record fixes the place and type while keeping unknown makers, use, finds and survival open. Its saved wording adds: Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Belladrum North as Chambered Cairn (neolithic) - (bronze Age). 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.

Who made it and when

The saved record identifies Belladrum North as Chambered Cairn (neolithic) - (bronze Age). It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date.

How it was made and used

Its classification points to burial or commemoration. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.

What was found

No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.

What remains

The public record still maps Belladrum North as Chambered Cairn (neolithic) - (bronze Age). The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.

Why it mattered

The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with chambered cairn (neolithic) - (bronze age). Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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