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Elrig

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Elrig

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 62713

Site Number NX34NW 20

NGR NX 3240 4802

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

NX34NW 20 3240 4802

(NX 3240 4802) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map (1957)

A circular cairn, partly overgrown with blackthorn. It is about 60' in diameter and 5' high. There is no indication of it having been excavated.

RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911

A grass-covered cairn measuring 20.5m E-W by 18.0m and standing to a height of 1.5m.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (BS) 10 May 1977.

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