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Corwall
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Corwall
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 62125
Site Number NX24NE 4
NGR NX 2877 4905
NGR Description NX 2877 4905 and NX 2876 4903
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mochrum
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX24NE 4 2877 4905.
(A: NX 2877 4905 B: NX 2876 4903) Cairns (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Cairn 'A' measures about 30' in diameter, its centre has been cleared out. 'B', 50' S of 'A', is a small low cairn, 12' in diameter and 1'6" high. A third cairn, similar to 'B', lies a short distance NE of 'B'.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
NX 2877 4905. Cairn 'A' on the crest of a long gentle sloping hill, measures 14.0m N-S, 12.5 E-W and 1.3m high. The interior, which has been robbed, is bowl shaped with a small marker cairn in the centre. The two small cairns mentioned by the previous authority are field clearance cairns (see NX24NE 13).
Cairn resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 30 June 1976
