What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnerzean as Cairnfield (prehistoric), 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.
Neolithic cairnfield and hut circle, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. These features indicate early agricultural settlement and communal burial practices in the prehistoric landscape of Scotland.
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Places near here
Cairnerzean FellMound (period Unknown) · 175 yd
CairnerzeanCairnfield (prehistoric), Field Boundary (prehistoric), Hut Circle (prehistoric) · 700 yd
PularyanBuilding(s) (post Medieval), Kiln (post Medieval) · 1.1 mi
Almannoch HillBuilding (post Medieval) · 1.2 mi
Knockiebae PlantationForest · 2.2 mi
New Luce, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 2.4 mi
New Luce Memorial HallMemorial · 2.6 mi
Balker WoodForest · 2.8 mi
Kettle CaldronWaterfall · 3.0 mi
Brockloch FellMountain / peak · 3.4 mi
Margaret and Jane: Dalminnoch, Loch Ryan, Firth of ClydeSloop (19th Century) · 3.9 mi
Caves of KilhernChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 3.9 mi