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Girvan, Shalloch Park

Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Girvan, Shalloch Park

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 62044

Site Number NX19NE 2

NGR NX 18578 96456

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Ayrshire
  • Parish Girvan
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kyle And Carrick
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NX19NE 2 1857 9645.

(NX 1857 9645) Cairn (NR) (site of)

OS 6" map (1968)

No trace of this cairn, which had been removed by 1938, now exists, and the land-owner knows nothing of it except that a nearby row of cottages, long since removed were named Cairnhouses (OS 6" map, 1938).

Visited by OS (JLD) 5 October 1955

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Note (1983)

Shallochpark NX 185 964 NX19NE 2

The cairn that once stood 250m NNE of Shallochpark farmhouse was probably removed before 1856.

RCAHMS 1983

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