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Kirroughtree House

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Kirroughtree House

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 63441

Site Number NX46NW 21

NGR NX 4271 6568

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Minnigaff
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX46NW 21 4271 6568.

(NX 42716568) A circular cairn about 65ft in diameter and 5ft 6ins high, enclosed by a wall and partially overgrown with trees, lies about 1/3 mile SE of Kirroughtree House. Some excavation has been done on the top, but the hole has been partially filled in and no cist is exposed.

RCAHMS 1914

A grass-covered cairn generally as described above.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (RD) 23 September 1966

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