What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Little Glengyre as Cairn (bronze Age)(possible), Cremation(s) (bronze Age), Battleaxe (bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (bronze Age), Pygmy Cup (bronze Age), Scraper (tool) (flint)(bronze Age). 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.
Bronze Age cairn with associated cremations and artifacts. It is significant as a burial and ritual site reflecting funerary practices of the period in Scotland.
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Places near here
WierstonFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 837 yd
GlengyreAxehead (stone)(period Unassigned) · 1380 yd
MarslauchTower House (medieval) · 1605 yd
Dogstone HillFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
High ErvieGrave (period Unknown) · 1.1 mi
High Kirkland HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
North Aldouran WoodWood · 1.8 mi
Aldouran Wetland Garden & Woodland TrailsNature reserve · 1.8 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.2 mi
Lochnaw CastleTower House (medieval) · 2.3 mi
Princess Royal: Craig Laggan, Rhinns of Galloway, North ChannelPaddle Steamer (19th Century)-(1856) · 3.1 mi
Eclipse: Genoch Rocks, Rhinns of Galloway, North ChannelSloop (19th Century) · 3.4 miOther information
Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0