MONUMENTS PROTECTION PROGRAMME

MONUMENT CLASS DESCRIPTION

RING CAIRNS

OCTOBER 1989

1 Definition 2 Date 3 General Description 4 Distribution and regional variation
5 Rarity 6 Survival and Potential 7 Associations 8 Characterisation criteria
12 Bibliography 13 Acknowledgements 14 Figures

RING CAIRNS

Alternative, colloquial and related terms: Burial mound; Cairn; Cairn, ring; Cairn-ring; Cairn, round; Complex ring cairn; Highland burial cairn; Ringbank; Ring-cairn; Ring cairn circle; Ring-work; Stone ring.

Ordnance Survey map term: Cairn

RCHME Thesaurus Monument Type : Ring Cairn.