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Bankben
Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Bankben
Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 64192
Site Number NX66SW 3
NGR NX 6342 6143
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64192
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Twynholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX66SW 3 6342 6143.
(NX 6342 6143) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
The circular cairn on the S end of Bankben measures some 33' in diameter and 4' in height. It is in a fair state of preservation and is apparently unexcavated.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
A cairn, partially turf-covered and surmounted by a small modern cairn, is situated in a clearing in afforestation. It measures 10.0m N-S by 9.0m and 1.2m high.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 15 June 1977
Field Visit (1 May 1990)
Situated in a small clearing in dense afforestation to the south of Bankben, this cairn measures 10m from N to S by 9m transversely and up to 1m in height. The cairn is grass and moss covered and is now surmounted by a marker cairn 1.5m in diameter and 1m in height.
A depression in the N side of the cairn may have resulted from the construction of the marker cairn.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 1 May 1990.
