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Latitude: 56.0013 / 56°0'4"N
Longitude: -4.4748 / 4°28'29"W
OS Eastings: 245766
OS Northings: 681473
OS Grid: NS457814
Mapcode National: GBR 0Q.TW4M
Mapcode Global: WH3ND.7FC4
Entry Name: Lang Cairn, chambered cairn and cairn, Gallangad Muir
Scheduled Date: 12 September 1963
Last Amended: 15 October 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2329
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Dumbarton
County: West Dunbartonshire
Electoral Ward: Lomond
Traditional County: Dunbartonshire
The monument comprises a well-preserved chambered long cairn of the Clyde Group and a round cairn, which are situated in moorland at Gallangad Muir.
The long cairn is trapezoidal on plan and measures about 60m in
length by up to 15m in width and is aligned ESE-WNW. At the E end is
a concave facade of orthostats with dry-walling between. The largest stone (about 2m high) was re-erected in about 1960. The forecourt appears to have been blocked in antiquity. In the centre of the
facade are two portal stones, and behind these (but askew) is a
single compartment, now covered over. There are two lateral chambers within the body of the cairn.
At the W end of the long cairn is a round cairn about 8m in diameter
and 0.9m in height.
The area to be scheduled is oval on plan and measures 130m from E to
W by 60m transversely, to include the cairns and an area around in
which associated remains may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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