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Craigencoon
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Craigencoon
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64794
Site Number NX79NE 2
NGR NX 7759 9570
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Tynron
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX79NE 2 7759 9570.
The remains of a cairn, originally 52ft in diameter, lie some 300 yds directly in front of Craigencoon (NX 773 959), and some 75 yds from the road. There has evidently been a cist in the centre, which has been rifled.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1913
NX 7759 9570. A mutilated turf-covered cairn situated on a slight eminence below steep SW-facing slopes. It is composed of small stones and has a maximum diameter of 9.0m and a height of 0.7m. The centre has been disturbed but there is no evidence of any significant features.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 9 December 1977
