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Cairn Of Knockglass
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cairn Of Knockglass
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 63531
Site Number NX46SE 2
NGR NX 4765 6140
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63531
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX46SE 2 4765 6140.
(NX 4765 6140) Cairn of Knockglass (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A low grassy mound of deeply embedded stones about 50ft in diameter, according to Coles. Three stones of a nearly central cist, aligned NE-SW, remained, measuring 9 ft long overall, and 7 ft by 4 ft internally. The RCAHMS found the cairn reduced to "a mere ring of stones, the whole centre having been cleared out".
F R Coles 1897; RCAHMS 1914, visited 1912
