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White Cairn, Boreland
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name White Cairn, Boreland
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 62849
Site Number NX35NE 2
NGR NX 3528 5819
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62849
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcowan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX35NE 2 3528 5819.
See also NX35NE 3 - possible outlying stones.
(NX 3527 5818) White Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
White Cairn measures 104' E-W by N-S and is 8' high. It has been considerably quarried for stones from the top, but shows no signs of having been excavated.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
NX 3528 5819. A much-robbed grass-covered cairn measuring 36.0m in diameter and 2.2m in maximum height. The name White Cairn was confirmed.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (BS) 21 April 1976
