Crannog
Crannog is an archaeological site in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Crannog is situated nearby to the archaeological site Glenluce Roman camp, 380m W of Corsehead, as well as near Breedon Barlockhart Quarry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glenluce Abbey and Stair Haven, broch 300m S of.
Glenluce Abbey
Ruins
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Glenluce Abbey, near to Glenluce, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery called also Abbey of Luce or Vallis Lucis and founded around 1190 by Rolland or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland. Glenluce Abbey is situated 2 miles northwest of Crannog.
Stair Haven, broch 300m S of
Archaeological site
Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stair Haven, broch 300m S of is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles south of Crannog.
Castle of Park
Building
Photo: John of Reading, Public domain.
The Castle of Park is a 16th-century L-plan tower house near Glenluce, in the historic county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a category A listed building. Castle of Park is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Crannog.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenluce and Dunragit.
Glenluce
Village
Photo: David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenluce is a small village in the parish of Old Luce in Wigtownshire, Scotland. It contains a village shop, a caravan park and a town hall, as well as the parish church.
Dunragit
Village
Photo: David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunragit is a village on the A75, between Stranraer and Glenluce in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Dunragit is within the parish of Old Luce, in the traditional county of Wigtownshire. Dunragit is situated 3½ miles west of Crannog.
Crannog
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.86934° or 54° 52′ 10″ northLongitude
-4.79927° or 4° 47′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C6QV692+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 12853057104OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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