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Drumwhirn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Drumwhirn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 62234
Site Number NX25SE 6
NGR NX 2869 5460
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62234
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mochrum
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX25SE 6 2869 5460.
(NX 2869 5460) Cairn (NR) (Site of)
(No further information)
OS 6" map (1957)
The remains of this robbed cairn survive on the S and W as a rim 1.5m wide and 0.3m high defining a cairn which formerly measured about 23.0m in diameter. In the centre is a later cairn 5.0m in diameter and 1.0m high.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 1 July 1976
