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Field Visit
Date September 1982
Event ID 1146821
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1146821
Cairn Hill, Dalquharran NS 266 021 NS20SE 2
A mound measuring 21m in diameter by 0.9m in height, which is situated on the crest of Cairn Hill about 350m W of the derelict mansion of Dalquharran, is probably a ploughed down cairn; in 1820 four cists were found in it.
RCAHMS 1983, visited September 1982
(OS 6-inch map, Ayrshire, 1st ed. 1859, sheet I)