Friar's Kirk
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Friar's Kirk
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 61882
Site Number NX17SW 11
NGR NX 10192 73224
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 11 1019 7322.
(NX 1019 7322) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1978)
A cairn, 12m in diameter and 0.5m high, the centre being turf-covered and slightly hollowed. A pile of stones at the S end is presumably the shepherd's cairn published on OS 6" 1909.
Visited by OS (DS) 12 June 1956
A cairn, generally as described in the previous field report. It measures 11.0m in diameter and 0.8m in maximum height.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 28 April 1976
Field Visit (July 1981)
Friar's Kirk 2 NX 102 732 NX17SW 11
This cairn is situated in open moorland about 350m NW of the sheepfold known as The Friar's Kirk; it measures 9.5m in diameter by 0.6m in height, and its centre has been dug out to provide material for a modern cairn which stands on the SSE.
RCAHMS 1981, visited July 1981
(Smith 1895, 227)
