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Mains Of Larg

Cairn (Bronze Age)

Site Name Mains Of Larg

Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)

Alternative Name(s) New Luce Station

Canmore ID 61661

Site Number NX16SE 75

NGR NX 16401 64970

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

NX16SE 75 1640 6497.

This cairn, which is situated on a low rise 60m ENE of the cairn NX16SE 2, measures about 16.5m in diameter. On the NW the cairn is 1.5m high, but the SE half has been almost totally removed and is now used as a dump for field-cleared stones.

RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 8 April 1986.

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Note (8 March 2022)

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

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