Cairnerzean
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cairnerzean
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 61469
Site Number NX16NW 14
NGR NX 13620 65954
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16NW 14 1361 6595.
On open moorland is a circular depression 16.5m in diameter and 1.0m deep within which is a stony rim 13.5m in diameter and near the centre an amorphous pile of stones 5.0m across. In view of the fact that in two instances nearby (NX16NW 4 and NX16NW 5 ) cairns have been totally robbed and the site quarried for material for stone dykes, it seems probable that what survives here is the remains of a cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS 29 April 1976.
The cairn measures about 14m in diameter but it has been reduced to little more than a ring of cairn material in the bottom of a hollow in the peat about 0.8m deep. At the centre of the cairn there is a mound about 1m high, but this is largely rock outcrop.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 11 May 1985.
Note (30 November 2021)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from CAIRN (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
