Balker Moor
Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Balker Moor
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 61699
Site Number NX16SW 2
NGR NX 10767 64445
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16SW 2 1076 6444.
(A: NX 1071 6455 Cairns (NR) B: NX 1076 6444)
OS 6" map (1957)
There is a possible site of one large round cairn from which all the big stones have been removed; but no sign of the second.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
The remains of cairn 'B' survive as a heather-covered mound 23.0m in diameter and 0.4m high with occasional heaps of cairn material showing through. There is no trace of cairn 'A'. (See NX16SW 48)
Surveyed at 1:10000.
Visited by OS (JP) 12 May 1976
This cairn is situated on the gently sloping W flank of Balker Moor, 830m ESE of High Craigcaffie farmhouse. Stone-robbing has extensively disturbed the surface of the cairn and broken through the perimeter on the SE, but the mound still measures 19m in diameter and up to 0.6m in height.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) May 1986
Note (9 November 2021)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from CAIRN (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
