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Macbeth's Cairn

Cairn (bronze Age), Plantation Bank (post Medieval)
Macbeth's Cairn
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Macbeth's Cairn as Cairn (bronze Age), Plantation Bank (post Medieval). 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.
Bronze Age cairn, likely a burial or ritual monument, with a later post-Medieval plantation bank constructed nearby. Its name links it to Scottish legend, though its historical significance remains primarily archaeological.

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Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0