What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Isle of South Uist, Loch Carnan as Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cairn; period likely Neolithic or Bronze Age. It represents a common form of burial or ritual monument in the Scottish Atlantic seaboard, reflecting early ceremonial landscape use.
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Places near here
Ruin, LochcarnanOld home or work place · 972 yd
The Old School at LochcarnanHeritage place · 1129 yd
South Uist, SanndabhaigEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Beinn TairbeirtMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
South Uist, Ardmore, Loch An DaillCauseway (prehistoric), Dun (prehistoric) · 2.1 mi
Beinn a' PhortairMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Mountain Everlasting (Antennaria dioica)Mountain or hill · 2.3 mi
Eilean Àrd an EoinIslet · 2.4 mi
It's a long way up the hillMountain or hill · 2.5 mi
Oitir BheagBay · 2.7 mi
Eilean na CilleIslet · 3.0 mi
Loch SgiopoirtBay · 3.2 mi