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Markdhu

Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Enclosure (Post Medieval), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Site Name Markdhu

Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Enclosure (Post Medieval), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 61842

Site Number NX17SE 55

NGR NX 18609 73468

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

Archaeology Notes

NX17SE 55 1865 7348.

A group of six small cairns and a short bank straddles the track leading up to the Markdhu immediately N of the railway. The cairns vary from 4m to 5m in diameter but most of them have been partly robbed.

RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 4 March 1986

Activities

Field Visit (24 March 2022)

In addition to the small cairns noted previously, the footings of a hut circle are visible in the field to the S of the track leading up to Markdhu. This measures about 11m in diameter and is overlain by the wall of a later rectangular enclosure.

Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (A. Gannon; J. Sherriff), 24 March 2022.

Field Visit (24 March 2022)

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

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