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Carlochan Cairn

Cairn (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Carlochan Cairn as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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.
Carlochan Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn, typically dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE. Such cairns are significant as early ritual or burial sites, reflecting communal activity and belief systems in prehistoric Scotland.

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