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Barnshangan
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Barnshangan
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 61370
Site Number NX16NE 2
NGR NX 18290 65360
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61370
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish New Luce
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16NE 2 1829 6536.
(NX 18296536) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1978)
A cairn about 62 feet in diameter now reduced to a height of from 2 feet to 3 feet and grass covered. No cist is exposed.
Source: RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
The cairn is generally as described by RCAHMS. Although grass-covered quite a number of stones lie exposed on its surface.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 6 March 1968
Field Visit (5 May 1976)
This cairn measures 22.5m in diameter and 1.0m in maximum height. There is otherwise no change to the previous information.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 5 May 1976
Field Visit (8 April 1986)
A large robbed cairn is situated in a field on the S flank of Hill Mabreedia 60m S of the approach road to Barnshangan and some 600m W of the farmhouse. It measures 20m in diameter by a maximum of 0.5m in height and it has been used as a dump for field-cleared stones.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 8 April 1986.
Note (24 November 2021)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
