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Loudoun Park, Hag Bridge
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loudoun Park, Hag Bridge
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 43716
Site Number NS53NW 9
NGR NS 5146 3716
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43716
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Loudoun
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
- Former County Ayrshire
NS53NW 9 5146 3716.
(NS 5146 3716) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1968)
Five stone coffins were found some years before 1842 beneath a large cairn in Loudoun Park. They contained what appeared to be the dust of human remains and a few stone cutting implements.
NSA 1845 (N MacLeod)
Some stone coffins are said locally to have been found in a field 1150 links NW of Hag Bridge. The number of coffins and date of discovery are unknown.
Name Book 1856
At NS 5146 3716, on a golf course and approximately at the position described, there is a mound standing on a natural knoll. It is not recognisable as a cairn, but according to the greenkeeper, has had many large stones removed from it, and is therefore probably the site referred to in the NSA and ONB.
Visited by OS (JLD) 21 August 1956
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 7 February 1962
This turf mound on a golf fairway is unrecognisable as a cairn. Although some stone shows through its landscaped surface, it is not possible to identify any cairn material or differentiate between natural and artificial contours.
Visited by OS (JRL) 23 July 1982
