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Eigg, Garbh Bealach, Piper's Cairn

Coffin Cairn (post Medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eigg, Garbh Bealach, Piper's Cairn as Coffin Cairn (post Medieval). 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.
Coffin cairn, post-Medieval period. Its significance lies in its association with later funerary practices in the Scottish Highlands, reflecting regional traditions of burial and commemoration.

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