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Fagyad Hill

Cairn (Prehistoric)

Site Name Fagyad Hill

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 47440

Site Number NS92SW 31

NGR NS 9183 2283

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish Crawfordjohn
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Clydesdale
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Activities

Field Visit (July 1971)

NS 918 228. A cairn is situated at a height of about 415m OD on moderately level ground 180m ENE of the summit of Fagyad Hill. Roughly circular on plan, it appears as a grass-covered stoney mound, 5.5m in diameter and 0.4m in height.

RCAHMS 1978, visited July 1971

Field Visit (28 April 1978)

NS 9183 2283. This cairn is as described by the RCAHMS.

Surveyed at 1:10000.

Visited by OS (NKB) 28 April 1978

(NS9182 2283) Cairn (NR)

OS 1:10000 map (1982)

Geophysical Survey (February 1990)

Detailed survey of several sites in the area prior to the M74 motorway.

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