Stiddrig
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Stiddrig
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Stiddriggs; Stiddrig Cairn
Canmore ID 66378
Site Number NY09NW 2
NGR NY 04086 98790
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66378
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-juxta
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY09NW 2 0409 9879
Stiddrig Cairn [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.
See also NY09NW 4.
Some 60ft W of the Stiddrig long cairn (NY09NW 4) is a small circular cairn, measuring some 29ft (8.8m) in diameter and 3ft (0.9m) in height, evidently unexcavated.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912.
This small cairn measures 8.0m in diameter and is 0.9 m high. It is apparently undisturbed.
Visited by OS 2 September 1959.
(Location cited as NY 040 987). This well-preserved and grassed-over cairn is situated about 20m W of the long cairn NY09NW 4 on a level spur of rough moorland projecting into the peat with good views to the N and W, but not in an imposing position. It measures 8m in diameter and about 1m high.
M J Yates 1984.
Unaffected by recent forestry ploughing and planting.
Visited by R C Callender, April 1988.
Scheduled (with NY09NW 4) as 'Stiddrig Cairn, long cairn and cairn...'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 16 March 2010.
Field Visit (29 August 1990)
NY09NW 2 04086 98790
This cairn is situated about 40m to the W of Stiddrig long cairn (NY09NW 4). Circular on plan, it measures 7m from NE to SW by 6.5m transversely and is at least 0.5m high.
Visited by RCAHMS (SMF), 29 August 1990.
Noted as 'Stidriggs, cairn'.
RCAHMS 1997.
