Craigbirnoch
Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Craigbirnoch
Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 61392
Site Number NX16NE 4
NGR NX 18023 69409
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish New Luce
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16NE 4 1802 6940.
(NX 18026940) Cairn Circle (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
The remains of a large cairn, 57 feet in diameter, almost reduced to ground level. No cist is exposed.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
As described by RCAHMS.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 8 March 1968
This cairn is generally as described by the previous authorities. It measures 17.5m in diameter and has a maximum height of 0.4m.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 5 May 1976
Not found (1:50000 survey)
Visited by OS Reviser January 1985
This cairn is situated on low-lying peat moorland on the W side of the Cross Water of Luce. It measures about 17m in diameter and, although heavily robbed, the cairn material still rises up to 0.7m above the surface of the surrounding peat. This cairn is probably the 'ring of water-worn stones on a low peat moss' referred to by Wilson.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 25 October 1985; G Wilson 1899
Note (4 March 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from CAIRN (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
