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Wood Cairn, Eldrig Fell
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Wood Cairn, Eldrig Fell
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 62293
Site Number NX26NE 1
NGR NX 2523 6871
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62293
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcowan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX26NE 1 2523 6871.
(NX 2523 6870) Wood Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A large circular cairn 50' in diameter and 6' high, rather dilapidated and surmounted by a surveyors' cairn but there is no indication of its having been excavated.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
NX 2523 6871. A cairn generally as described by the previous authority. It measures 18.0m in diameter and has a maximum height of 2.2m. The name could not be confirmed locally.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 28 June 1976.
Scheduled as Wood Cairn, cairn, Eldrig Fell.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 23 February 2001.
