What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Shanacles as Cairn(s) (prehistoric)(possible), Cist(s) (prehistoric), Inhumation (prehistoric), Food Vessel Urn (pottery)(bronze Age)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cairn and possible Bronze Age inhumation burial; significant as a multi-period funerary site in northern Britain.
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Places near here
Ashfield HouseGate Pier(s) (period Unassigned), House (period Unassigned) · 69 yd
BallaganSearchlight Battery (second World War) · 345 yd
Whinny HillMountain / peak · 737 yd
Ledrishmore WoodWood · 931 yd
Dumbarton, Blairlinnans Water Treatment WorksSewage Works (20th Century) · 974 yd
Black RoundelNatural Feature (period Unknown) · 1376 yd
Stable WoodWood · 1.0 mi
Boturich CastleCastle (medieval), Country House (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Walled GardenHeritage attraction · 1.3 miBoturich Castle, Loch LomondNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
The Maid of The LochVisitor information · 1.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.9 miOther information
Photo: Lairich Rig · CC BY-SA 2.0