Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
Craignarget
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Craignarget
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Craignarget Hill
Canmore ID 62200
Site Number NX25SE 10
NGR NX 2636 5166
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62200
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Old Luce
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX25SE 10 2636 5166.
(NX 2636 5166) Cairn (NR).
OS 1:10000 map (1982)
A cairn 28' in diameter and 3'6" high. From its base an obtuse projection 10' long 12' broad at base and 8' at the end points north. It does not appear to have been excavated. About 80' to the north is a stony heap which appears to be a small circular hut; and 30' to the south is a small cairn 12' in diameter. Along the hillside to the west are other small cairns and huts with remains of old enclosures.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
NX 2636 5166 A cairn 8.0m in diameter and 1.5m high. It has been spread slightly on the north, probably the result of robbing from the middle. Small enclosures, field walls and clearance cairns are visible on the surrounding hillside but none of these remains are of any great age.
Cairn Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 30 June 1976.
