Brownhill Burn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Brownhill Burn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Waterhead
Canmore ID 43499
Site Number NS50SE 7
NGR NS 550 008
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 7 550 008.
A cairn, now almost entirely removed, stands about 150 yds W of that described on NS50SE 5 (at NS 552 008). A slab measuring 3 ft 10 ins by 2 ft 1 in which has evidently formed the cover of a cist lies exposed and displaced at the edge.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
There is no trace of the cairn in an area deep ploughed and afforested.
Visited by OS (JRL) 31 October 1978
