Lang Riggs
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lang Riggs
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 62205
Site Number NX25SE 15
NGR NX 2999 5119
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mochrum
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX25SE 15 2999 5119.
(NX 2999 5119) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map (1957)
A large circular cairn, 58' - 60' in diameter, now reduced to 4' high. There is no cist exposed and the interment has probably not been disturbed.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911; D Phillips plan, undated
This cairn, situated in Lang Riggs, is generally as described by the RCAHMS. It measures 20.0m N-S by 18.5m and is 1.5m high. It was probably excavated by the Marquis of Bute in 1942 (Mrs Anderson, May Farm) although all traces of the excavation are now grassed over.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 1 July 1976
