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Culshabben
Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Culshabben
Classification Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Brae 1
Canmore ID 62913
Site Number NX35SW 6
NGR NX 3003 5079
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62913
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mochrum
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX35SW 6 3003 5079.
(NX 3003 5079) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A cairn, 54' in diameter, is reduced in height to about 5'.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911; D Phillips plan, undated
NX 3003 5079. A partially grass-covered cairn 17.0m in diameter and 1.0m high situated on a slight knoll in undulating ground. It is no longer possible to identify any of the features shown on the plan except for two kerb stones on the SE. The excavation presumably took place in 1942 when the late Marquis of Bute dug into several cairns in this area (Mrs Anderson, May Farm). The Marquis's niece knows of no records relating
to the excavation (Miss Stuart, Old Place of Mochrum).
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 5 July 1976
