Miltonise
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Miltonise
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 61853
Site Number NX17SE 65
NGR NX 18920 73695
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
NX17SE 65 1892 7368
What are probably the remains of a small cairn are situated immediately SE of the railway track 230m N of Miltonise farmhouse. It is well turfed over and measures 6.4m in diameter over a bank of cairn material 1.5m thick and 0.4m high. Within the bank of cairn material the interior of the cairn rises gently towards the centre. Presumably the present form of the cairn is the result of stone-robbing, but the bank of cairn material is regularly formed and there is little evidence to show that the centre has been disturbed.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 23 October 1985.
Note (4 March 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from CAIRN (PERIOD UNASSIGNED)(POSSIBLE).
