What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, Scalpsie as Burial Cairn (bronze Age), Short Cist (bronze Age), Bead (jet)(bronze Age), Food Vessel (bronze Age). 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.
Bronze Age burial cairn with associated short cist, jet bead, and food vessel. The site reflects funerary practices and material culture of early Bronze Age communities in western Scotland.
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Places near here
Bute, ScalpsieMilestone (19th Century) · 201 yd
Bute, Scalpsie BayBuilding(s) (period Unassigned), Grain Mill (period Unassigned), Smallholding (period Unassigned), Millstone (period Unassigned) · 330 yd
Bute, Loch QuienEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 503 yd
Bute, AmbrismoreFarmstead (period Unassigned), Kiln Barn (18th Century) · 822 yd
Tarmore HIllMountain / peak · 904 yd
Quien HillMountain / peak · 951 yd
ArdscalpsieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 957 yd
Scalpsie BayBay · 1221 yd
Quien PlantationForest · 1505 yd
Ardscalpsie PointHeadland · 1.2 mi
Barnauld WoodForest · 1.9 mi
Bute, StraadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0