Newhall Hill
Cairn (Early Prehistoric)
Site Name Newhall Hill
Classification Cairn (Early Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 97500
Site Number NY28SW 47
NGR NY 2376 8376
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/97500
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Tundergarth
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (23 August 1993)
NY28SW 47 2372 8372
The remains of a probable cairn, measuring 10m in diameter by 0.7m in height, are situated on the highest part of Newhall Hill, immediately NW of the settlements NY28SW 6. Its flat top indicates that it has almost certainly been disturbed.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ARW), 23 August 1993 and 13 July 1995.
Listed as cairn.
RCAHMS 1997.
Change Of Location (11 February 2022)
The NGR of this possible cairn has been changed from NY2372 8372 to NY2376 8376 in order to tally with the description of the site which places it NW of the adjacent settlements rather than W. The cairn appears not to have been mapped by EDM when it was first recorded.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (JRS) 11 February 2022.