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'White Cairn', Crouse
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name 'White Cairn', Crouse
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 62871
Site Number NX35NE 5
NGR NX 3658 5577
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62871
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkinner
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX35NE 5 3658 5577.
(NX 3658 5577) White Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
White Cairn (18 chains N of Crows); "An ancient heap of stones of which there is little known. Mr McGeoch of Crows says that he heard his father say that some warrior was buried here."
Name Book 1848
A much dilapidated cairn 90' from north to south by 86' from east to west and 7' in maxiumu height. There is no indication of its character.
RCAHMS 1912
A grass-covered cairn measuring 28.0m N-S by 27.0m E-W and 2.0m high. Name confirmed.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 August 1970
