What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ri Cruin as Cist(s) (prehistoric), Dagger(s) (bronze)(bronze Age)(possible), Food Vessel(s) (pottery)(bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bronze Age cist burial, likely dating to the second millennium BCE. Its significance lies in the associated bronze dagger and pottery, indicating early metalworking and funerary practices in the region.
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Places near here
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Ri Cruin CairnHeritage attraction · 610 yd
Bruach Na CuirteGravel Pit (post Medieval) · 672 yd
Poltalloch House, North LodgeGateway (19th Century), Lodge (19th Century) (1855) · 758 yd
SlockavullinQuarry (post Medieval) · 858 yd
Temple Wood Stone CircleHeritage attraction · 1136 yd
Nether Largie Standing StonesVisitor information · 1140 yd
Nether Largie mid CairnVisitor information · 1.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.5 mi
Maol Achadh-bheinnCave (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Duntrune CastleCastle (medieval), Fort (prehistoric)(possible) · 1.9 mi
Sgeireag GaibhreIslet · 1.9 miOther information
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