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Latitude: 56.5659 / 56°33'57"N
Longitude: -2.851 / 2°51'3"W
OS Eastings: 347802
OS Northings: 741876
OS Grid: NO478418
Mapcode National: GBR VN.J7RV
Mapcode Global: WH7R0.57NB
Entry Name: Bractullo Muir, cairn 600m NW of Hare Cairn
Scheduled Date: 6 March 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6632
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: 20th Century Military and Related: Pillbox; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Inverarity
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn of prehistoric date.
The monument lies on moorland at around 215m OD. It comprises a sub-circular heap of stones some 35-40m in maximum diameter with a maximum surviving height of approximately 1m. Indications of a kerb of large boulders are visible in the N and E.
Despite disturbance to the surface by small rectangular turf structures, possibly the remains of pre-modern bothies, and a wartime pill-box, it is to be expected that evidence for Bronze Age burial and ritual practices will survive in and below the mound.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the mound and later structures, together with an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 70m as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to add to our understanding of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. Its importance is enhanced by its proximity to other cairns, probably of similar date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 44 SE 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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