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Neish Island, Loch Earn

Castle (medieval), Crannog (prehistoric)(possible)
Neish Island, Loch Earn
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Neish Island is a medieval castle and possible prehistoric crannog on Loch Earn in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is the kind of place where water hides the foundation and memory relies on imagination. A person may have stood there in rain, watching the loch turn the land into a moving mirror. The island still belongs to wonder because so little remains visible.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Neish Island, Loch Earn as Castle (medieval), Crannog (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.
Neish Island, Loch Earn is a medieval castle and possibly a prehistoric crannog, located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is remembered as a significant example of early settlement and defensive structures in the Scottish Highlands.

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Photo: Anthony O'Neil · CC BY-SA 2.0