Laganabeastie Hill
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Laganabeastie Hill
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 61881
Site Number NX17SW 10
NGR NX 13006 72706
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Ballantrae (Wigtown)
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Ayrshire
NX17SW 10 1300 7271.
(NX 1301 7271) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A large grass-covered mound, possibly an undisturbed cairn (A F Gray 1956) 21m in diameter and 2m high with loose stone visible. Situated on a slight natural knoll, it has an irregular, sub-circular base.
Visited by OS (JD) 10 November 1955
NX 1300 7271 A grass-covered cairn 19.0m in diameter and 2.0m high; it appears to be undisturbed.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 26 April 1976
Field Visit (July 1981)
Laganabeastie Hill 1 NX 130 727 NX17SW 10
At the foot of the SSE slopes of Laganabeastie Hill, 800m NNE of Shennas farmhouse, there is an apparently undisturbed cairn measuring a maximum of 17.1m in diameter and 1.4m in height.
RCAHMS 1981, visited July 1981
(Gray 1956, 25)
