Drumanwherran
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Drumanwherran
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 61935
Site Number NX17SW 7
NGR NX 11196 71597
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Ballantrae (Wigtown)
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Ayrshire
NX17SW 7 1119 7159.
(NX 1119 7159) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1978)
The remains of a large cairn, 23m in diameter and 1.4m high, now mostly turf-covered. A large modern shepherd's cairn surmounts it, the material for it having been dug out of the N side of the cairn.
Name Book 1856; J Smith 1895; A F Gray 1956
Visited by OS (JD) 10 November 1955
No change to the previous field report.
Surveyed at 1;10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 28 April 1976
Field Visit (September 1981)
Drumanwherran 1 NX 112 716 NX17SW 7
This cairn is situated at the S end of a low ridge known as Drumanwherran; it is slightly oval, measuring 24m by 22m and 1.3m in height, and is surmounted by a modern marker cairn.
RCAHMS 1981, visited September 1981
(Name Book, Ayr, No. 6, p.134; Smith 1895, 226)
