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Lamford Burn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lamford Burn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 63853
Site Number NX59NW 6
NGR NX 5282 9912
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63853
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Carsphairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX59NW 6 5282 9912.
(NX 5282 9912) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)
A cairn 48 feet in diameter and circa 6 feet high.
R W Feachem 1963
A partly grass-covered cairn 14.0m in diameter and 2.0m in maximum height.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 24 May 1976
NX 528 991 The Scheduled Lamford Burn cairn was substantially damaged in July 2004. Unauthorised excavations at the cairn had left it severely truncated.
A survey in September 2004 revealed that the majority of the cairn had been disturbed by the unauthorised works, with only a few metres along the eastern edge of the cairn untouched due to the presence of a post and wire fence. Excavation of the NE quadrant of the cairn revealed that the outer few metres of the perimeter of the cairn were still in situ, and were seen to consist of large irregular stones demarcating the extent of the monument. The central area and main body of the cairn had been stripped to subsoil with a scattering of disturbed stone and turf recast over the site and tracked flat by the excavating machine. No cut features, artefacts or human remains were encountered during the excavation. The cairn remains undated.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: HS.
L Dunbar 2004
Excavation
NX 528 991 The Scheduled Lamford Burn cairn was substantially damaged in July 2004. Unauthorised excavations at the cairn had left it severely truncated.
A survey in September 2004 revealed that the majority of the cairn had been disturbed by the unauthorised works, with only a few metres along the eastern edge of the cairn untouched due to the presence of a post and wire fence. Excavation of the NE quadrant of the cairn revealed that the outer few metres of the perimeter of the cairn were still in situ, and were seen to consist of large irregular stones demarcating the extent of the monument. The central area and main body of the cairn had been stripped to subsoil with a scattering of disturbed stone and turf recast over the site and tracked flat by the excavating machine. No cut features, artefacts or human remains were encountered during the excavation. The cairn remains undated.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: HS.
L Dunbar 2004