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Cairntosh Hill
Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cairntosh Hill
Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 64032
Site Number NX65NW 2
NGR NX 6306 5829
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Girthon
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX65NW 2 6306 5829.
(NX 6306 5828) Cairntosh (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Cairntosh (F R Coles 1897), on the summit of Cairntosh Hill, 1050' OD, surmounted by a modern beacon, is a large circular cairn 50' in diameter and 8' high. A little N of the entre an excavation has been made to a depth of about 4', but no cist is exposed. Coles, however, notes a cist, nearly central, 6' x 3' x 1' 8" above ground. He makes no mention of any contents.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
NX 6306 5829. A cairn as previously described. The cist is not evident. A small pile of stones on the hill crest to the east of the cairn is almost certainly a modern "shepherds" cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 15 May 1977
Field Visit (19 April 1990)
Some 20m W of the summit of Cairntosh Hill a large cairn, which measures 13.5m in diameter and 1.5m in height, occupies an outcrop. There is no visible kerb, but there is a possible drystone retaining wall around the W side. An excavated cist, visible almost centrally within the heap of stone, measures 0.9m from E to W by at least 0.5m.
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 19 April 1990.
