Crannog

Crannog is an archaeological site in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Crannog is situated nearby to the archaeological site Cow Castle, as well as near the peak Langloch Knowe.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cow Castle and Boghall Castle.

Cow Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cow Castle is an archaeological site, which is situated 1,400 feet south of Crannog.

Boghall Castle

Castle

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boghall Castle was a 14th-century castle to the south of Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Boghall became ruinous in the 19th century. Boghall Castle is situated 2 miles north of Crannog.

Chapelgill Hill is a hill in the Culter Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is frequently climbed from the north-west, taking in the range's, and South Lanarkshire's, highest summit, Culter Fell. Chapelgill Hill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Crannog.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coulter and Biggar.

Coulter

Village

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coulter or Culter is a small village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 3 miles south of Biggar. Some old maps and local modern houses also have the spelling Cootyre - "a safe place for cows." Nearby are two notable Scottish hills, Tinto and Culter Fell.

Biggar

Photo: Fox-Talbot, Public domain.

Biggar is a market town historically in Lanarkshire and now within Clydesdale. It's nowadays a commuter town for both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in 2020 had a population of 2640. Its attractions are a rare combination: a gasworks museum and a puppet theatre.

Kilbucho

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilbucho is a small settlement in the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland in Peeblesshire and near Biggar and Broughton. Kilbucho is situated 3 miles east of Crannog.

Crannog

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

55.58614° or 55° 35′ 10″ north

Longitude

-3.52053° or 3° 31′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C7RHFPH+FQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1388500059

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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