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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Mochrum
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Wigtownshire

Archaeology Notes

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

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