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Cairnderry

Chambered Cairn (neolithic)
Cairnderry
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Why this matters

Cairnderry is a Neolithic chambered cairn, typically dating to between 3500 and 2500 BCE. Such tombs are significant as they represent early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Scotland.

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnderry as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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