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Cruise, Smithy Hill

Cairn (Prehistoric)

Site Name Cruise, Smithy Hill

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 61565

Site Number NX16SE 100

NGR NX 18237 63486

NGR Description Centre

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NX16SE 100 1823 6348.

This cairn, which occupies the top of a knoll at the N end of Smithy Hill, measures about 16m in diameter by up to 1.7m in height.

RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 5 June 1986.

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Note (24 November 2021)

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

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