What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ayr, Dunure Road, Craig Tara as Barrow (prehistoric), Cist (prehistoric), Cremation (prehistoric), Pit (prehistoric)(possible), Short Cist(s) (bronze Age), Food Vessel(s) (pottery)(bronze Age), Knife (flint)(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 barrow and Bronze Age short cist burial site; significant for its multiple prehistoric funerary features and cremation remains.
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Places near here
Craig Tara Holiday ParkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 852 yd
Bower HillChapel (medieval)(possible) · 864 yd
DoonfootRing (gold)(17th Century) - (18th Century) (1600)-(1750) · 1384 yd
Heads of AyrFlake (period Unassigned), Scraper (tool) (stone)(period Unassigned) · 1397 yd
GreenanFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1569 yd
Greenan CastleFort (prehistoric) - (medieval) · 1674 yd
Ayr, GreenanNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.0 mi
Genoch FarmFarmstead (post Medieval), House (18th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 1.0 mi
Brown Carrick HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Alloway Auld KirkHeritage attraction · 2.1 mi
Robert Burns Birthplace MuseumMuseum · 2.2 mi
Steven Memorial FountainMemorial · 2.8 mi