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Mull Of Galloway, Kennedy's Cairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Flint Scatter (Prehistoric)
Site Name Mull Of Galloway, Kennedy's Cairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Flint Scatter (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 132490
Site Number NX13SW 58
NGR NX 14628 30504
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/132490
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmaiden
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX13SW 58 14628 30504
NX 146 305 A scatter of 55 pieces of flint recovered from an eroded area surrounding the base of Kennedy's Cairn. Mainly production waste from pebble cores but the scatter includes some large retouched flakes and 10 narrow blade fragments. The latter might indicate a Mesolithic date.
Donated to Wigtown District Museum Service: 1994.44.
J Pickin 1995.
