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Carn Mor

Cairn (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Carn Mor 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.
Carn Mor is a Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (circa 3500–2500 BCE). Such cairns are significant as they represent some of the earliest forms of monumental burial and ritual practice in Scotland.

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