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Haggstone Moor
Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Haggstone Moor
Classification Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 60867
Site Number NX07SE 12
NGR NX 05776 72521
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60867
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ballantrae (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX07SE 12 0577 7251.
NX 0577 7250. A turf-covered stony mound 12m in diameter and 0.5m high, its perimeter partially marked by large set stones. Several shallow trenches reveal the stone content (J Smith 1895).
Visited by OS (JD) 4 November 1955
NX 0577 7251. A grass-covered cairn spread to 15.0m in diameter and standing to a height of 0.8m. Several large stones have been exposed within the SW quadrant and these may represent an original kerb.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 18 May 1976
Field Visit (May 1981)
Haggstone Moor 1 NX 057 725 NX07SE 12
This cairn, which is situated on a low knoll on the W shoulder of Haggstone Moor, has been reduced to a rim of cairn material about 15.8m in diameter over all with eight kerb-stones on the SW. What may have been a second cairn was noted by Gray 350m to the E but its site has now been afforested.
RCAHMS 1981, visited May 1981
(Smith 1895, 223; Gray 1956, 20)
Desk Based Assessment (November 2010 - July 2015)
CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the potential effects of the proposed Glen App Windfarm (the Development) on cultural heritage.
All historic environmental features within the development area were identified and the nature of effects on these features discussed.
Funder: Land Use Consultants Ltd
CFA Archaeology Ltd
