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Cairntop
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cairntop
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 64038
Site Number NX65NW 3
NGR NX 6247 5587
NGR Description NX 6247 5587 and NX 6249 5588
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64038
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Girthon
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX65NW 3 6247 5587 and 6249 5588.
(NX 6246 5586 & 6249 5587) Cairns (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
The cairns on Cairntop have long been reduced to mere foundations.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
The south-western cairn, robbed and distorted by modern clearance, measures c. 9.5m in diameter and remains to a maximum height of c.4m. The one to the NE is very indistinct, measuring c. 8.0m in diameter and 0.2m high. Its centre has been completely robbed and filled with modern clearance.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 21 February 1972
Field Visit (19 April 1990)
On the summit of a hill about 300m NE of Townhead farm are the denuded remains of two cairns. That to the E (NX 6249 5588), defined by a scarp 0.5m in height, measures 24m from N to S overall with a stony mound 8.5m across slightly eccentric to the centre, and up to 0.4m in height. Immediately to the W, the second cairn (NX 6247 5587), also defined by a scarp 0.5m in height, measures 26m from N to S with a stony mound 11m in diameter also slightly eccentric to the centre and up to 0.5m in height. Some modern field gathered stones have been added to the centre of the cairn.
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 19 April 1990.
