Airyhemming
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Airyhemming
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 61184
Site Number NX15NE 4
NGR NX 1726 5943
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Old Luce
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX15NE 4 1726 5943.
(NX 1726 5943) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
The remains of a cairn about 35' in diameter, reduced to about 3' high, but not apparently excavated.
RCAHMS 1912
A flat-topped, grass covered cairn, as described.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (EGC) 12 March 1968
This probable cairn is situated on gently sloping ground 500m WSW of Airyhemming farmhouse; it measures about 10m in diameter by 0.8m in height, but has been used as a dump for field-cleared stones, including several massive boulders.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) February 1986
