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Duisk Lodge
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Duisk Lodge
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 62538
Site Number NX28SW 1
NGR NX 2251 8303
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62538
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Colmonell
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX28SW 1 2251 8303.
(NX 2251 8303) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A low oval mound of earth-and-stone, measuring 22m by 13m by 0.6m high, considerably mutilated, especially by ploughing on the north. The surface bears small heaps of stones (Name Book 1855).
Visited by OS (JLD) 28 October 1955
A much robbed cairn as described above.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (SFS) 7 January 1976
Field Visit (August 1981)
Duisk Lodge NX 225 830 NX28SW 1
What may be a cairn, which has been reduced to an oval mound of stones measuring 20.4m by 12.6m and 0.7m in height, is situated on the haughland of the Duisk River 150m NW of Duisk Lodge.
RCAHMS 1981, visited August 1981
