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  SM10900_Legal Doc

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Summary

Description

The monument comprises the remains of a prehistoric kerb cairn visible as upstanding remains. Sites such as this are burial and ritual monuments dating from the Bronze Age.

The monument lies at around 115m OD, on a S-facing hillslope looking down the valley of the Keltie Water. The cairn measures approximately 5m across and stands around 0.5m high. The perimeter of the cairn is clearly defined by a kerb of narrow rectilinear boulders set on their edges. The cairn shows no obvious signs of disturbance, and it is therefore probable that any original burial or votive deposits survive intact.

The area to be scheduled is a circle 25m in diameter, centred on the cairn, to include the cairn and an area around it where remains relating to its construction and use may be expected to survive, as shown in red on the attached map.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance for its potential to contribute to our knowledge of prehistoric religious and funerary practices. In addition to the obvious potential for burial or ritual deposits, the apparently undisturbed nature of the site may also have led to good preservation beneath it of environmental evidence that could shed light on contemporary land use. The relationship between this cairn and a number of other prehistoric burial monuments in the Braes of Doune area also has the potential to enhance our knowledge of the evolution of funerary ritual and social organisation throughout the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.

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Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

We schedule sites and monuments that are found to be of national importance using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Scheduled monument records provide an indication of the national importance of the scheduled monument which has been identified by the description and map. The description and map (see ‘legal documents’ above) showing the scheduled area is the designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The statement of national importance and additional information provided are supplementary and provided for general information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within the statement of national importance or additional information. These records are not definitive historical or archaeological accounts or a complete description of the monument(s).

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