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
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- 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
