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Cairndoon is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Scotland, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as an example of early communal burial and ritual practices in the Scottish prehistoric landscape.
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairndoon as Building (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.
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