Stiddrig
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Stiddrig
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Stiddriggs
Canmore ID 66384
Site Number NY09NW 8
NGR NY 03961 98809
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-juxta
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY09NW 8 0396 9880.
Situated 165m W of the long cairn NY09NW 4, there are the remains of a cairn, measuring 10.0m in diameter and of negligible height. A crescent-shaped wall has been built on the site as a sheep shelter, possibly with stones robbed from the cairn.
Visited by OS 2 September 1959.
(Location cited as NY 039 988). This mounument is situated upon rough moorland about 160m W of the long cairn NY09NW 4 on a NW-facing hillside overlooking the peat lands around Kinnelhead. Its remains comprise a low circular rim of cairn material measuring 9m in diameter and of negligible height. A crescentic drystone-walled sheep shelter overlies the site and has probably been built of stones from the cairn.
M J Yates 1984.
Unaffected by recent forestry ploughing and planting.
Visited by R C Callander 25 April 1988.
Field Visit (29 August 1990)
NY09NW 8 03961 98809
Situated about 165m to the W of the long cairn NY09NW 4, there is a low mound of stones. Although previously identified as a cairn, its original function is uncertain.
Visited by RCAHMS (SMF), 29 August 1990.
Listed as 'Stidriggs, cairn'.
RCAHMS 1997.
