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Wildshaw Hill
Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Wildshaw Hill
Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 46429
Site Number NS82NE 3
NGR NS 8961 2850
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46429
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Wiston And Roberton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit (August 1971)
NS 897 285 Cairn, Wildshaw Hill. Situated in open moorland (345m OD) near the foot of the SW slopes of Wildshaw Hill, 365m E of the source of the Mill Burn, there is a grass-grown cairn measuring 10.7m in diameter and 1.0m in height. At its centre there is a considerable depression where stones have been removed.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1971
Field Visit (26 March 1978)
NS82NE 3 8961 2850.
At NS 8961 2850, on a watershed, this cairn measures 10.7m diameter by 1.0m high. It has a central depression and is peat-covered; there are no discernible structural features. The cairn has an extensive view to the east and the west.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (MJ) 26 March 1978
Geophysical Survey (February 1990)
Detailed survey of several sites in the area prior to the M74 motorway.
