Hardcroft
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Hardcroft
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Balneil
Canmore ID 61593
Site Number NX16SE 13
NGR NX 18993 64336
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
NX16SE 13 1899 6433.
(NX 1899 6433) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map (1957)
A cairn, about 50' in diameter, reduced to about 3' high at the circumference and less in the centre. No cist is exposed.
RCAHMS 1912
Generally as described by RCAHMS. No trace of a kerb is evident. Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 12 March 1968
NX 1900 6433 A hollowed out grass-covered cairn 17.0m in diameter and 1.5m high.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 6 May 1976
This cairn is situated 550m SE of Hardcroft farmhouse and lies on the top of a knoll 60m S of Hardcroft/Balneil march dyke. The mound is 16m in diameter and, although robbed for stone, it still stands to a height of 1m.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 19 March 1986.
Note (1 December 2021)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from CAIRN (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
