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Hare Cairn

Cairn (prehistoric), Food Vessel (bronze Age)
Hare Cairn
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hare Cairn as Cairn (prehistoric), Food Vessel (bronze Age). 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.
Hare Cairn is a prehistoric cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, and is associated with funerary or ritual practices common in early Scottish settlements. Its classification as a food vessel suggests it may have been used in ceremonial contexts, reflecting broader burial traditions of the period.

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Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0