
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairniehill Loch as Crannog (period Unassigned), Fort (period Unassigned), Settlement (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cairniehill Loch is associated with a crannog, a type of artificial island settlement, typically dating to the Iron Age or early medieval period in Scotland. Such sites are significant for understanding prehistoric and early historic habitation, resource use, and social organization in Scottish lochlands.
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Places near here
SouthparkEarthwork (period Unassigned) · 547 yd
CairniehillStructure (period Unassigned) · 625 yd
Harrison BayBay · 1678 yd
Borness CaveCave (period Unassigned) · 1716 yd
MuncraigFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Borgue HouseFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Memorial to William NicholsonMemorial · 1.5 mi
Balmangan TowerTower House (16th Century) · 1.6 mi
BarmagachanFarmstead (18th Century), Lairds House (18th Century), Tower House (medieval)(possible) · 2.1 mi
Just: Senwick Bay, Kirkcudbright Bay, Solway FirthBrig (19th Century) · 2.2 mi
Castle Haven BayBay · 2.3 mi
Doon WoodForest · 3.0 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0