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Loch Head, Elrig
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Head, Elrig
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 62701
Site Number NX34NW 1
NGR NX 3277 4924
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62701
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mochrum
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX34NW 1 3277 4924
(NX 3277 4924) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map (1957)
The remains of a cairn, about 45' in diameter, now reduced to 2' in height.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
Situated on a small knoll is a grass-covered cairn measuring 17.5m N-S, 17.0m E-W and 1.1m high.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (TRG), 6 July 1976.
