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Bengairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bengairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64532
Site Number NX75SE 9
NGR NX 7705 5450
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64532
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Rerrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX75SE 9 7705 5450.
(NX 7705 5450) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1853)
There is an ancient cairn (and also a triangulation station) on the summit of Bengairn.
Name Book 1848
On the summit of Bengairn is a round cairn, 18.0m in diameter and 1.5m high, surmounted by an OS trig pillar. There is a modern marker cairn 10.0m to its north west.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 11 July 1977.
