
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Newbarns Loch as Burial Cairn(s) (period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Crannog (period Unassigned)(possible), Cremation Pit(s) (bronze Age)(possible), Cremation Pit(s) (prehistoric), Cremation Pit(s) (bronze Age), Field Drain(s) (medieval), Barbed and Tanged. 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn and Bronze Age cremation pits; the site reflects early funerary practices and long-term use of the area for ritual purposes.
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Places near here
NewbarnsBurial(s) (period Unassigned), Cairn (period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Pit(s) (bronze Age) · 183 yd
The TorrsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 535 yd
East BarcloyBuilding (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned), Field System (period Unassigned) · 565 yd
Needles Eye (Natural Rock Arch)Cave · 964 yd
Sandyhills, Barnhourie MillWatermill (period Unassigned) · 1032 yd
White HillMountain / peak · 1248 yd
BainlochVisitor information · 1609 yd
Fairgirth HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
Backburn waterfallWaterfall · 1.8 mi
Lot's WifeNamed rock · 1.8 mi
RockliffeBeach / strand · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Mick Garratt · CC BY-SA 2.0