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Cherry Island is a crannog located in Inchnacardoch Bay on Loch Ness in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The site consists of an artificial island dwelling that was constructed and occupied across a considerable chronological span, from the Iron Age through the Medieval period. Crannog construction techniques involved the deliberate building up of material in shallow water to create habitable platforms, and Cherry Island's long sequence of occupation reflects the continued viability of such settlements across multiple centuries. The site remains significant as archaeological evidence of domestic settlement patterns and construction practices in the Scottish Highlands during prehistoric and early historic times.
Cherry Island, crannog, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9762. View the official record →
Cherry Island is a crannog located in Inchnacardoch Bay on Loch Ness in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9762.
Cherry Island, crannog, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness dates from the iron age–medieval period, and is classified as a crannog, inchnacardoch bay, loch ness. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cherry Island, crannog, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM9762.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caledonian Canal, Fort Augustus to Loch Ness (1.1 km), Kilwhimen Barracks, Fort Augustus (1.5 km), Caledonian Canal,Kyltra Lock to Fort Augustus (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cherry Island, crannog, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cherry Island, crannog, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness stands on Loch Eil Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.