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Cairnsmore Of Fleet
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cairnsmore Of Fleet
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 63763
Site Number NX56NW 1
NGR NX 5094 6539
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63763
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX56NW 1 5094 6539.
(NX 5093 6539) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A much dilapidated, circular cairn about 44' in diameter and 3' high occupies the southern summit of Cairnsmore of Fleet, 2132' OD. It is surmounted by a modern beacon.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
NX 5094 6539. A partially grass-covered round cairn 13.7m in diameter and 1.0m high. There is a modern marker cairn built upon it.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 1 June 1977.
