What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnquoy as Broch (iron Age)(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.
Cairnquoy is a possible Iron Age broch, a type of drystone roundhouse associated with Atlantic Iron Age settlements in northern Britain. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early Iron Age habitation and defensive structures in Scotland.
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