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Culroy

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Culroy

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 62271

Site Number NX25SW 4

NGR NX 2490 5438

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NX25SW 4 2490 5438.

(NX 2490 5438) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map (1957)

A well-preserved cairn, 58' in diameter and 9' high.

RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911.

A cairn is situated slightly back from the crest of a small scarp in undulating ground. It is robbed in the SW quadrant and measures 19.5m N-S, 19.0m E-W and 3.6m high.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (TRG) 23 June 1976.

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