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Lochan Burn
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Lochan Burn
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Hoarlaw Burn; Kinnelhead; Lochanburn; Lochanhead
Canmore ID 48443
Site Number NT00SW 2
NGR NT 01650 00572
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48443
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-juxta
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NT00SW 2 01651 00572
(NT 0165 0056) Tumulus (OE)
OS 6" map, Dumfriesshire, 2nd series, (1900).
Location formerly entered as NT 0165 0056.
Cairn, Lochanburn, Kinnelhead. At the edge of a flat, wettish area, about 1/4m. west by north of Lochanhead, is a circuar cairn with a diameter of 24' and elevation of 2'. It is to some extent dilapidated, but does not appear to have been excavated.
RCAHMS 1920
This cairn measures 9.1m in diameter, by 0.6m in height. It is in a very ruinous condition.
Visited by OS (W D J) 9 September 1959.
(Location cited as NT 016 005). This cairn is situated on one of several slight knolls which rise above the otherwise-level boggy moorland. It is turfed-over and rather denuded but still measures 9m in diameter and 0.6m in height; no features are visible.
M J Yates 1984.
Scheduled as 'Lochanhead, cairn 530m WNW of'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 25 November 2009.
(Location amended to NT 01651 00572 on basis of OS (GIS) MasterMap annotation).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 January 2010.
Field Visit (17 July 1990)
NT00SW 2 01650 00572
This robbed cairn lies immediately above low boggy ground between the Hoarlaw and Lochan Burns. Polygonal on plan, it measures 9.1m from NE to SW by 8.4m transversely and stands to a height of 0.7m.
Visited by RCAHMS (SMF), 17 July 1990.
Listed as cairn.
RCAHMS 1997.
Desk Based Assessment (September 2009 - February 2015)
CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the potential effects of the proposed Harestanes Windfarm Extension on cultural heritage.
There are no predicted direct effects on cultural heritage sites within the Development Area. The Development layout has been designed so as to avoid upstanding cultural heritage sites and features recorded within the Development Area.
Eight Shepherds Cairns (54-58 and 114-116), that lie in close proximity to Development infrastructure, will be visibly marked off during construction work to avoid any accidental damage occurring to the remains during construction activities carried out in close proximity.
Funder: Land Use Consultants Ltd
CFA Archaeology Ltd
