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An Rath Chruineach

Cairnfield (period Unassigned), Hut Circle (prehistoric), Man-made underground passage (prehistoric)(possible)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records An Rath Chruineach as Cairnfield (period Unassigned), Hut Circle (prehistoric), Man-made underground passage (prehistoric)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cairnfield and hut circle site, likely dating to the 3rd to 2nd millennia BCE, indicating early agricultural settlement and communal land use in the prehistoric landscape. Its significance lies in providing evidence of Neolithic habitation and ritual practices in an otherwise poorly documented region.

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