Crannog

Crannog is an archaeological site in Scotland, United Kingdom. Crannog is situated nearby to Loch Arthur, as well as near the community center Beeswing Memorial Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loch Arthur and Drumcoltran Tower.

Loch Arthur

Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch Arthur is a lake in the council area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland near the village of Beeswing. Loch Arthur lies to the east of the village of Beeswing and has been claimed as the setting for the Arthurian story of the Lady of the Lake.

Drumcoltran Tower

Castle

Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Drumcoltran Tower is a late-16th-century tower house situated in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire near Kirkgunzeon, Dumfries and Galloway. Like other towers in the area, Drumcoltran was built by a branch of the Maxwell family around 1570 but passed with the estate to the Irvings in 1668. Drumcoltran Tower is situated 2 miles west of Crannog.

Lochaber Loch

Photo: Andy Connor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochaber Loch is a small, lowland freshwater loch that lies among steep-sided hills, approximately 4.5 mi to the west of Dumfries, Scotland. The loch is somewhat triangular in shape and is 0.5 mi long and 0.25 mi at its widest point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Abbey and Troqueer.

New Abbey

Village

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

New Abbey is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is 6 miles south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is 2.5 miles to the south. New Abbey is situated 4 miles southeast of Crannog.

Troqueer

Suburb

Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Troqueer is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway on the west side of the River Nith. The eastern-side was merged with Dumfries to the east in 1929, and today eastern Troqueer is a suburb of Dumfries. Troqueer is situated 6 miles northeast of Crannog.

Maxwelltown

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Maxwelltown is situated 6 miles northeast of Crannog.

Crannog

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.00335° or 55° 0′ 12″ north

Longitude

-3.71688° or 3° 43′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C7R273M+86

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12856439168

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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