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Cairnerzean

Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Cairnerzean

Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 61507

Site Number NX16NW 49

NGR NX 14990 67476

NGR Description Centre

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Inch
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Wigtownshire

Archaeology Notes

NX16NW 49 1499 6748 and 1498 6747.

There are two robbed cairns on a terrace on the S side of a rocky knoll overlooking the public road 300m E of Cairnerzean farmhouse. The larger measures 15m in diameter but its centre has been entirely removed leaving a rim between 0.3m a nd 0.5m high internally. On the SE, however, the ground falls away gently and the edge of the cairn forms a stony scarp up to 1.6m high. The other, which lies 9m WSW, measures about 10m in diameter and still stands to a height of 0.6m on the N.

RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 3 December 1985.

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Note (25 January 2022)

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from CAIRN(S) (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).

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