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Tullos Cairn

Cairn (period Unassigned)
Tullos Cairn
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tullos Cairn as Cairn (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.
Tullos Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to the early to middle Neolithic period (circa 3500–3000 BCE). It is significant as part of a broader network of ceremonial and funerary monuments in the Scottish Highlands, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.

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