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East Threave
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name East Threave
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 40882
Site Number NS20SE 4
NGR NS 25866 04106
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40882
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Kirkoswald
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS20SE 4 2586 0410.
(NS 2586 0410) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1911)
A well-defined round cairn, covered with grass and earth but composed of stones. It is 13m in diameter and 1.5m high. Its top has been dug into, leaving a depression of 0.5m. It is situated in a hollow amid considerably higher ground.
Visited by OS (JLD) 4 May 1954
Previous field report confirmed.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 1 December 1959
No change to the previous reports. The cairn shows no special features, and although surrounded by higher land it occupies a conspicuous position on the end of a linear moraine in a broad valley.
Visited by OS (JRL) 18 May 1977
Field Visit (September 1982)
East Threave NS 258 041 NS20SE 4
This cairn is situated on a low ridge in the valley between Craigens Hill and Quarrel Hill, about 840m ESE of East Threave farmhouse; it measures 12m in diameter and 1.4m in height.
RCAHMS 1983, visited September 1982
Field Visit (1 April 2014 - 1 June 2016)
A turf covered mound is visible on aerial photographs from 1952 and 1967.
Field survey could not access the cairn due to the presence of cows with young calves. However, the cairn is a visible feature in the landscape, and survives well. The cairn is as described previously and survives to a height of at least 1m.
Information from OASIS ID - cfaarcha1-278296 (H Gray) 2016
