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<< Other Photo Pages >> Cherry Island - Crannog in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 22 April 2015  Page Views: 3274

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cherry Island
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 10.391 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Highlands Type: Crannog
Nearest Town: Inverness  Nearest Village: Fort Augustus
Map Ref: NH385102
Latitude: 57.154173N  Longitude: 4.671533W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Cherry Island
Cherry Island submitted by Creative Commons : Cherry Island, formerly the site of a crannog Copyright Bill McWhirter and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Crannog in Highlands

A bronze-age crannog in the south-western part of Loch Ness.
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Cherry Island
Cherry Island submitted by Creative Commons : The Spectre of Loch Ness A dinghy by Cherry Island Viewed through the early morning mists when no souls are around, floating above 600 feet of water in a small craft, the silence, the mystery! At times like this it's better to harness the imagination. Copyright Des Colhoun and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cherry Island
Cherry Island submitted by Creative Commons : Cherry Island information board Copyright Des Colhoun and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NH3810 : Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness by Ian Greig
by Ian Greig
©2009(licence)
NH3810 : Looking over the tree tops by Lis Burke
by Lis Burke
©2007(licence)
NH3810 : Boats moored on Loch Ness by Ian Greig
by Ian Greig
©2009(licence)
NH3810 : Moorings by Cherry Island by Colin Smith
by Colin Smith
©2008(licence)
NH3810 : A hulk to the west of Cherry Island, Loch Ness by Des Colhoun
by Des Colhoun
©2008(licence)

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Re: Cherry Island by Anonymous on Wednesday, 19 June 2019
So a natural crannog is actually a miniature mountain/volcano with the top exposed? And a built crannog is the same mountain/volcano constructed with continually piled up baskets of material dumped over years by a group of people? Who had all the time in the world?
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