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Cairn on the headland

Ancient tomb or cairn
Cairn on the headland
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A named place photographed at this map point in Na h-Eileanan Siar.
A Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the third millennium BCE. Its location on a headland suggests a strategic or ceremonial significance, common in the funerary and ritual landscapes of early Scottish settlers.

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Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0