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Loch Mannoch Cairn and Stone Circle is a Bronze Age ritual monument located at the northern end of Loch Mannoch in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. The site comprises a cairn associated with a stone circle, representing a form of ceremonial landscape typical of Bronze Age communities in the region during the second millennium BC. Such monuments served ceremonial and burial functions within Bronze Age society, with the cairn likely containing cremated remains or inhumations and the stone circle marking a sacred or gathering space. The monument remains an important archaeological witness to the ritual practices and settlement patterns of Bronze Age Dumfries and Galloway.
Loch Mannoch,cairn & stone circle N end of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1033. View the official record →
Loch Mannoch Cairn and Stone Circle is a Bronze Age ritual monument located at the northern end of Loch Mannoch in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1033.
Loch Mannoch,cairn & stone circle N end of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a cairn & stone circle n end of. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Loch Mannoch,cairn & stone circle N end of 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 SM1033.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Arden,fort 320m SW of (7.5 km), Cumstoun Castle (8.4 km), Conchieton, cairn NE of (8.6 km).
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