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Latitude: 54.6844 / 54°41'3"N
Longitude: -4.9438 / 4°56'37"W
OS Eastings: 210335
OS Northings: 536129
OS Grid: NX103361
Mapcode National: GBR GJ5B.86R
Mapcode Global: WH2TF.1J36
Entry Name: Cairn More,Barncorkrie,cairn
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4770
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Kirkmaiden
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a burial cairn of the neolithic or Bronze Agesituated on the summit of Cairn Fell. It measures about 16m indiameter and several kerb stones are visible on the SE side. It hasbeen robbed but this has only affected the cairn matrix, not theimportant base of the site. The area to be scheduled includes thecairn and an area around it within which traces of activityassociated with its use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter,centred on the monument, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a burial cairn of the Neolithic or Bronze Age which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 13 NW 4.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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