
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnerzean as Hut Circle (prehistoric). 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.
A Neolithic hut circle, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, representing early settled agricultural life in prehistoric Scotland. Its significance lies in providing evidence of domestic architecture and subsistence patterns during the transition to farming.
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Places near here
CairnerzeanFarmstead (period Unassigned), Field System (period Unassigned) · 249 yd
Lingdowey BurnNatural Feature (period Unknown) · 446 yd
PularyanBuilding(s) (post Medieval), Kiln (post Medieval) · 938 yd
Main Water of LuceStructure (period Unassigned) · 1127 yd
Knockiebae PlantationForest · 1.9 mi
New Luce, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 2.2 mi
New Luce Memorial HallMemorial · 2.4 mi
Kettle CaldronWaterfall · 3.2 mi
Brockloch FellMountain / peak · 3.6 mi
White BarMountain / peak · 3.6 mi
Caves of KilhernChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 3.6 mi
Balker WoodForest · 3.6 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0