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Loch Mannoch cairn and stone circle is a Bronze Age monument occupying the northern end of Loch Mannoch in Kirkcudbrightshire. The site comprises a substantial cairn surrounded by a circle of standing stones, typical of ritual and burial practices in the second millennium BC. Built upon bedrock of the Hawick Group wacke formation—a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock—the monument would have required considerable labour to construct, with stones gathered from the surrounding moorland landscape. The loch setting provided both water access and a prominent topographical location for ceremonies and burials associated with Bronze Age communities in south-western Scotland. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM1033, reflecting its archaeological significance and the information it preserves about Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practice in 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 monument occupying the northern end of Loch Mannoch in Kirkcudbrightshire. 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 the UK.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Loch Mannoch,cairn & stone circle N end of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Loch Mannoch,cairn & stone circle N end of stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.