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Wellwood
Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist (Bronze Age)(Possible), Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Wellwood
Classification Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist (Bronze Age)(Possible), Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 44738
Site Number NS62NE 8
NGR NS 6652 2618
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44738
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Muirkirk
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS62NE 8 6652 2618.
(NS 6652 2618) Cairn (NR).
OS 25" map (1962)
This ruined cairn occupies the summit of a wooded knoll (700ft OD) near Wellwood. Its W side is slightly concave, with well-defined corners; the SW extremity still has its corner stone, a large boulder, in situ. It was excavated by Fairbairn in 1918, and restored after completion. He found, at ground level in the centre of the cairn, a flat whinstone, 1ft 6ins x 1ft 4ins x 10ins on edge, facing E-W, also two flat sandstone boulders, all suggesting the remains of a cist. Five fragments of a beaker (Clarke's N2 type, now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS: Accession no EGA 106) were found in the soil in the vicinity of the slabs.
(A Fairbairn 1922; 1927; D L Clarke 1970)
At this site are the well-preserved remains of a cairn, 5.5m in diameter and 1.0m maximum height. It is composed of small stones overgrown with moss and bracken. The exposed portion of the corner stone measures 0.8m x 0.6m.
Visited by OS (JFC) 28 July 1954
No change to the previous report.
Visited by OS (BS) 21 July 1978
Field Visit (18 March 1992)
This cairn is situated on a wooded ridge to the W of Wellwood Kennels and was excavated and reconstituted by Fairbairn (A Fairbain 1927) who discovered what may have been a ruined cist and five fragments of what was probably a collared urn.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 18 March 1992.
