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Blackhill, Crawfordjohn
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Blackhill, Crawfordjohn
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Netherton
Canmore ID 47437
Site Number NS92SW 29
NGR NS 9031 2471
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47437
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawfordjohn
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit (October 1975)
Cairn, Black Hill, Crawfordjohn
This cairn, which is situated on a level shoulder 380m NNW of the summit of Black Hill, has been so mutilated by stone-robbing that it now appears as an annular band of stony debris 7.3m in average diameter overall and not more than 0.5m high.
RCAHMS 1978, visited October 1975.
NS 903 247.
Field Visit (28 April 1978)
NS92SW 29 9031 2471
A cairn as described by the RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (NKB) 28 April 1978.
Geophysical Survey (February 1990)
Detailed survey of several sites in the area prior to the M74 motorway.
