What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Shennas as Long Cairn (neolithic)(possible). 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 long cairn, dating to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Such tombs are significant as communal burial monuments reflecting early social organisation and ritual practices in Scotland.
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Places near here
ShennasFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 502 yd
LaganabeastieFarmstead (period Unassigned), Field System (period Unassigned), Head Dyke (post Medieval) · 643 yd
Laganabeastie HillCairn (prehistoric)(possible) · 798 yd
BarnvannochCairn (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Brockloch FellMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
BenerairdMountain / peak · 3.9 mi
Mary Stewart: Marchburn, Loch Ryan, Firth of ClydeSchooner (19th Century) · 4.2 mi
AuchencroshNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.5 mi
Willie's WoodWood · 4.8 mi
Loch RyanBay · 5.1 mi
Knockiebae PlantationForest · 5.2 mi
New Luce, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 5.5 miOther information
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg · CC BY-SA 2.0