What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnerzean as Cairnfield (prehistoric), Field Boundary (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 with associated hut circles and field boundaries, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. It represents early agricultural settlement and communal land use in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Cairnerzean FellFarmstead (post Medieval) · 373 yd
Braid FellEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 923 yd
Lingdowey BurnEnclosure (post Medieval) · 1.1 mi
PularyanBuilding(s) (post Medieval), Kiln (post Medieval) · 1.1 mi
Knockiebae PlantationForest · 2.6 mi
Rocky WoodWood · 2.7 mi
New Luce, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 2.8 mi
New Luce Memorial HallMemorial · 3.0 mi
Brockloch FellMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Kettle CaldronWaterfall · 3.4 mi
Margaret and Jane: Dalminnoch, Loch Ryan, Firth of ClydeSloop (19th Century) · 3.6 mi
Heart of Oak: Leffnoll Point, Loch Ryan, Firth of ClydeCraft (19th Century) · 3.8 miOther information
Photo: Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0