Whitebridge burial ground

The Pictish burial of White Bridge in Stratherrick, on the southeastern side of the Great Glen in the Highlands in Scotland of square Square Barrows and round Cairns and a plurality of unsecured Cairns. The burial ground lies on two adjoining gravel terraces , which are separated by a dry old course of the River Fechlin. There are fewer, but partly larger structures than in Garbeg . River erosion and agriculture that began in 1911 may have pruned a more extensive site.

As recently as the 1960s, Whitebridge was mistakenly described as a 1725 military camp. The reuse of the place after the Middle Ages with kilns and various buildings as well as rents on the eastern river terrace may have disturbed identification. It wasn't until 1979 that the structures were recognized with the advent of aerial photography.

The emergence of burial grounds is one of the most significant changes of the 1st millennium in Scotland. In the Pictish lands, in eastern and northern Scotland, square and round tombs were erected to commemorate part of the population - perhaps a rising elite of the post-Roman centuries.

Web links

• Entry on Whitebridge Cemetery  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
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Coordinates: 57 ° 13 ′ 11.6 "  N , 4 ° 29 ′ 51.4"  W.