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Latitude: 56.7362 / 56°44'10"N
Longitude: -3.8357 / 3°50'8"W
OS Eastings: 287797
OS Northings: 762013
OS Grid: NN877620
Mapcode National: GBR JBWX.KP6
Mapcode Global: WH5M9.1YQ9
Entry Name: Dundavie, cairn 320m NE of
Scheduled Date: 3 March 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7994
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 grass-covered stony mound.
The monument lies on a prominent location in rough grassland at around 320m OD. It comprises a cairn with a diameter of about 15m, measuring about 1m in maximum height. A later field bank passes close to the S of the cairn. At the centre of the cairn is a stone slab, with veins of white quartz, set on edge and measuring about 1.4m long. This slab appears to represent a surviving element of a slab-built burial cist.
Cairns of this type are funerary monuments dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age. The present example is one of a number of prehistoric settlement and funerary sites on the same hillside.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. 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 an understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NN 86 SE 23.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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