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Haggstone Moor
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Haggstone Moor
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 60876
Site Number NX07SE 20
NGR NX 0614 7251
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60876
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ballantrae (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX07SE 20 0614 7251.
(NX 0614 7251) The remains of a cairn about 18 yds to 20 yds in diameter, although precise measurement is impossible. An arrow is cut on a stone on the circumference (probably the BM 676.3 shown on 25") and another more roughly cut on one of the stones of the centre about 9 yds away. (probably the trig point shown on 25").
A F Gray 1956
There are no remains of this cairn to be seen in an area of afforestation.
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
