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Kirroughtree House

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Kirroughtree House

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 63442

Site Number NX46NW 22

NGR NX 4257 6566

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Minnigaff
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX46NW 22 4257 6566.

(NX 42576566) A well-preserved round cairn, about 68ft in diameter and 6ft 6ins high, lies within a circular walled enclosure resting on the dyke which runs S from the E avenue to Kirroughtree House, and about 1/4 mile SE of the house.

RCAHMS 1914

A grass-covered cairn generally as described above.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (RD) 23 September 1966

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