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Wetherhill Cairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Wetherhill Cairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 45569
Site Number NS73SW 2
NGR NS 7221 3037
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Muirkirk
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS73SW 2 7221 3037.
(NS 7221 3037) Wetherhill Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1959)
This almost circular cairn, measuring 30ft N-S by 25ft E-W, is situated at the W end of Wetherhill ridge (1128ft OD). There is no evidence of a kerb. When excavated, a food vessel, fragments of a (? collared) cinerary urn containing a cremation, and a deposit of charcoal and burnt bones were found. The food vessel and the rim of the cinerary urn are now in the NMAS (Acc Nos: EE 118 and EA 192 respectively).
J G A Baird 1917; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1926; A Fairbairn 1927; D D A Simpson 1965; A Morrison 1968
A low cairn of stones, perfectly circular, 7.5m in diameter and 0.6m high, situated on top of a large, prominent, isolated knoll.
Visited by OS (JD) 31 July 1954
Wetherhill Cairn is as described by the previous authorities. It is surmounted by a modern cairn, and the residual remains of a probable sheep shelter are visible among the cairn material.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JB) 10 April 1978
