Craigengillan
Kerb Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Craigengillan
Classification Kerb Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Graigengillan
Canmore ID 64336
Site Number NX69SW 1
NGR NX 6269 9448
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Carsphairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX69SW 1 6269 9448.
(NX 6270 9448) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
This circular cairn, on the crest of the moorland, measures 77ft in diameter N-S by 82ft and is 10ft high. At the base is a kerb of large rounded boulders, contrasting with the angular fragments of stone on the surface. Two walls have been erected to form a sheep shelter on top of the cairn.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
NX 6269 9448. The cairn is generally as described, though is now surrounded by forestry ploughing which has mutilated the periphery. On the W edge, two large contiguous stones, one partially buried and the other 1.2 x 0.6 x 0.6m may be part of a kerb but no others are now evident.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 20 October 1978.
