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Gawin Moor
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gawin Moor
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Auchencairn Forest; Auchencairn
Canmore ID 66011
Site Number NX99SW 13
NGR NX 9430 9127
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Closeburn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX99SW 13 9430 9127
See also NX99SW 12, NX99SW 14, NX99SW 32.
(NX 9430 9127 Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
The remains of a circular cairn, 44 ft in diameter, lie near the edge of the boggy land some 200 yds S of cairn NX99SW 14. It was excavated in 1894 when three cists were found; one measuring 3 ft 6 ins x 1 ft 9 ins, contained burnt earth and ashes. The second, of which no dimensions are recorded, contained similar remains. The third, which is said to have measured 2 ft x 1 ft 6 ins, contained an oblong flint implement (now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland NMAS) and an N3 type beaker (also in the NMAS: Accession no EG 51). (Information from 'Dumfries Standard', 25 July 1894)
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1916; D L Clarke 1970
A cairn measuring 15.0m diameter and 1.6m high. As 2.0m wide trench has been dug (at ground level) from the south-west into the centre of the cairn; but there are no burials evident.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 5 August 1977.
Scheduled with NX99SW 12, NX99SW 14, NX99SW 32 as Gawin Moor, cairns, east of Auchencairn.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 29 January 1993.
