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Latitude: 56.7228 / 56°43'22"N
Longitude: -3.8952 / 3°53'42"W
OS Eastings: 284117
OS Northings: 760619
OS Grid: NN841606
Mapcode National: GBR JBRY.GG2
Mapcode Global: WH4LB.49D1
Entry Name: Borenich, cairn 610m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 25 August 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7718
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Blair Atholl
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Highland
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a burial cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a grassed-over stony mound.
The monument lies on a prominent knoll in an area of rough pasture at around 320m OD. It consists of a circular flat-topped platform with a diameter of approximately 8m, standing to a height of about 0.3m. There are two substantial kerb stones visible at the S edge of the cairn.
Cairns of this type are funerary monuments dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the cairn and an area around it within which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive. It is circular with a diameter of 35m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NN 86 NW 13.
Reference:
Stevenson, J. (1973) 'Blair Atholl, cairn field, cairn, cairn, cairn', Discovery Excav Scot, 43.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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