Mackilston
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mackilston
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64275
Site Number NX68NW 8
NGR NX 6196 8678
NGR Description NX 6196 8678 and NX 6196 8682
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dalry (Stewartry)
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX68NW 6196 8678 and 6196 8632.
NX 621 868. A round cairn ('A') 45 ft in diameter and 2 ft high, stands on a false skyline at 625 ft OD when viewed from the ruins steading of Cleughead. A second round cairn ('B'), 36 ft in diameter, is 35 yds N of 'A'.
M Ansell 1971
Two turf-covered round cairns occupy the false crest of a gently SE-facing slope under rough pasture.
'A' - NX 6196 8678, measures 12.0m in overall diameter with a maximum height of 1.1m. The centre is partially disturbed but it is otherwise well preserved.
'B' - NX 6196 8682. This cairn is heavily disturbed and measures 11.0m in overall diameter. It is now overlain and truncated on the NW side by a modern bank, and survives to a maximum height of 0.4 metres. Neither cairn has any significant features.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 8 March 1978
