What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairndoon as Building (period Unassigned). 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.
Cairndoon is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Scotland, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as an example of early communal burial and ritual practices in the Scottish prehistoric landscape.
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Places near here
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Caledonia: Point of Lag, Luce Bay, Solway FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
Fell of CarletonMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Camlough: Monreith Bay, Luce Bay, Solway FirthSteamship (20th Century) · 1.7 mi
Court Hill PlantationForest · 2.5 mi
Hill of GlassertonMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Old Place of MonreithTower House (medieval) · 2.6 mi
Cairn PlantationWood · 2.6 mi.jpg?width=1280)
War MemorialMemorial · 2.9 miOther information
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