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Craigenlee Fell
Building (Period Unassigned), Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Craigenlee Fell
Classification Building (Period Unassigned), Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 60562
Site Number NX05NW 12
NGR NX 0215 5717
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60562
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Portpatrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX05NW 12 0215 5717.
The remains of this cairn are situated on the summit of Craigenlee Fell. Little more than a scatter of cairn material now survives, but it measures 10.2m in diameter and there are three kerbstones (up to 0.8m in length by 0.6m in height) on the NE.
RCAHMS 1985, visited (SH) October 1984.
NX 022 571 Turf-covered foundations of rectangular building, 15.20 x 4.60m, divided into three compartments and constructed against slope beneath embanked trackway. Possible annexe or yard, 3 x 3.90m, terraced into slope at N end of building. Building abuts earth field bank to N and is associated with field system between NX 023 571 and NX 021 570.
John Pickin, 2006.
Ground Survey (2006)
NX 022 571 Turf-covered foundations of rectangular building, 15.20 x 4.60m, divided into three compartments and constructed against slope beneath embanked trackway. Possible annexe or yard, 3 x 3.90m, terraced into slope at N end of building. Building abuts earth field bank to N and is associated with field system between NX 023 571 and NX 021 570.
J Pickin 2006
