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Glentanar

Cairn (period Unassigned), Bead (amber)(period Unassigned), Hoard (bronze)(period Unassigned)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glentanar as Cairn (period Unassigned), Bead (amber)(period Unassigned), Hoard (bronze)(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.
A cairn associated with prehistoric funerary practices, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age; its significance lies in the presence of an amber bead and bronze hoard, indicating ritual deposition and long-distance trade connections.

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