Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
Brownhill Burn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Brownhill Burn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Waterhead
Canmore ID 43497
Site Number NS50SE 5
NGR NS 5521 0089
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43497
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Carsphairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NS50SE 5 5521 0089.
(NS 5521 0089) Cairn (NAT)
OS 6" map (1958)
This circular cairn, somewhat dilapidated and apparently unexcavated, measures about 30ft in diameter and 2ft 6 ins high.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
This badly robbed and much spread cairn is situated on the crest of a S-facing slope in a forestry clearing. It is approximately 10.0m in overall diameter and 0.7m high, with a small shepherd's cairn constructed on its E side.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 31 October 1978
