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Smittons Bridge
Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Smittons Bridge
Classification Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Smeaton's Bridge
Canmore ID 64347
Site Number NX69SW 2
NGR NX 6340 9188
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64347
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dalry (Stewartry)
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX69SW 2 6340 9188.
(NX 6340 9188) Cairn (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Nothing of this cairn or tumulus remains, except for a small circle of earth about 6 ins high. When it was being removed, a number of bones and a sword were found; the latter is still in the possession of a person in the vicinity.
Name Book 1850
Ansell may be referring to this cairn, describing at NX 635 919 "a good example of a ring cairn (enclosed cremation cemetery) 56ft in external diameter on flat ground below Stroanfreggan fort (NX69SW 5). A metalled road runs through the ring to a disused quarry".
M Ansell 1966
The remains of a round cairn on a level terrace above the Water of Ken. Its levelled profile, with a metalled track crossing it, and the remnants of a stone kerb give the impression of a 'ring' feature. It measures 18.0m N-S by 17.0m E-W and survives to a maximum height of 0.7m. Six large contiguous stones set around the W edge, and one stone on the N edge form the remains of what was possibly a complete kerb. The largest stone measures 1.0m long x 0.5m wide x 0.6m high.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 20 October 1978.
