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Cruise, Littlepark Cairn
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cruise, Littlepark Cairn
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 61677
Site Number NX16SE 9
NGR NX 17836 62506
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61677
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish New Luce
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16SE 9 1783 6250.
(NX 1783 6250) Littlepark Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
The remains of a large circular cairn 50' in diameter. It has probably been entirely cleared out at centre and used as a dump for gathered stones.
RCAHMS 1912
Generally as described by RCAHMS this cairn is now abouut 1.0m high. The name is not in local use.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 8 March 1968
This cairn is situated on the N slopes of Cruise Back Fell about 300m N of the fort that crowns the summit (NX16SE6). By 1911, when it measured about 15m in diameter, it had been severely robbed, but since then it has been used as a dump for field-cleared stones and now measures 20m in diameter by 0.7m in height.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 7 April 1986.
Note (24 November 2021)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from CAIRN (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
