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Cairnsmore Of Fleet
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cairnsmore Of Fleet
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 63764
Site Number NX56NW 2
NGR NX 5011 6704
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63764
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Minnigaff
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX56NW 2 5011 6704.
(NX 5011 6704) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A circular cairn about 45' in diameter, now reduced almost to the level of the outcrop of rock on which it has been placed, is situated on the highest point of Cairnsmore of Fleet, 2331' OD.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
A partially grass-covered round cairn, 15.5m in diameter and 1.5m high, with a modern marker cairn built upon it. There is the suggestion of a berm around the south and west sides but this is merely the result of mutilation.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 1 June 1977
NX 502 671 Circular cairn, 6m in diameter and 0.2m high, NE of the summit cairn and surmounted by a concrete trig point. The cairn is grass-covered, contains a number of large granite boulders, and appears to be of some antiquity.
J Pickin 2003
