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Whitecairn, Honeyhole
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whitecairn, Honeyhole
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) White Cairn
Canmore ID 65238
Site Number NX89NW 6
NGR NX 8238 9757
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65238
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Penpont
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX89NW 6 8238 9757.
(NX 8242 9762) White Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
White Cairn, situated on a prominence, has been circular, between 80 and 90 ft in diameter. Its stones have been almost entirely cleared away.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912
NX 8238 9757. White Cairn (name verified) is situated on the top of a shallow eminence on undulating ground. It survives as a partly turf-covered stony mound 32.5m E-W by 29.5m and up to 1.7m high with no significant features.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 13 December 1977.
