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Grey Hill, Shennas
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Grey Hill, Shennas
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 61937
Site Number NX17SW 9
NGR NX 13300 71982
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61937
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Ballantrae (Wigtown)
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Ayrshire
NX17SW 9 1329 7198.
(NX 1329 7198) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1978)
The remains of a cairn, 13.0m in diameter and 0.5m high. In the centre,stones have been piled to a height of 0.8m and there appears to have been an attempt to construct a small stone-walled enclosure on top of the cairn. Several clusters of stones mark the perimeter. The remainder of the cairn is grass-covered.
On the NW and S sides are the footings of two shieling bothies, one an oblong, 6.0m by 3.0m, the other a small cluster of stones 4.0m in diameter.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 13 March 1968
No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 27 April 1976
Field Visit (July 1981)
Grey Hill, Shennas NX 133 719 NX17SW 9
A mutilated cairn measuring 11.5m in diameter and 0.5m in height is situated on the SSW tip of Grey Hill about 700m E of Shennas farmhouse.
RCAHMS 1981, visited July 1981
