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Glenesslin Schoolhouse

Cairn (Prehistoric)

Site Name Glenesslin Schoolhouse

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 74892

Site Number NX88SW 37

NGR NX 8348 8433

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Dunscore
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Activities

Field Visit (14 April 1993)

NX88SW 37 8348 8433.

This cairn is situated in a recently-cleared scrubby wood to the SE of Glenesslin Schoolhouse and measures 15m in diameter and 1.3m in height. (Nith 387)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 14 April 1993.

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