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Slewcairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Slewcairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 65494
Site Number NX96SW 4
NGR NX 9284 6143
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65494
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Colvend And Southwick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX96SW 4 9284 6143
See also NX96SW 2.
(NX 9278 6141) Cairn (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
The foundations of a circular cairn, about 30 ft in diameter, surmounted by a modern beacon, are situated on Slewcairn, just below 800 ft OD.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
NX 9284 6143. A heather-covered cairn situated on a level terrace on a SW-facing hillslope and surrounded by recent afforestation. Composed of granite stones, it is 10.5m in diameter and 0.9m high with a small marker cairn at its centre. It has no significant features.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 27 January 1978.
Scheduled with NX96SW 2 as Slewcairn, two cairns.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 23 January 2002.
