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Latitude: 55.0349 / 55°2'5"N
Longitude: -4.8525 / 4°51'8"W
OS Eastings: 217806
OS Northings: 574868
OS Grid: NX178748
Mapcode National: GBR 40.SYTB
Mapcode Global: WH2RQ.FQJ2
Entry Name: Markdhu,cairn 1450m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4861
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a burial cairn of the late Neolithic or Bronze Age, measuring 10.5m in diameter and 0.5m high, sometimes known as the White Cairn. It is overlain, but apparently not damaged, by a small sheepfold. The area to be scheduled encloses the cairn and an area around it within which traces of activity associated with its use may be found. The area measures 30m in diameter, centred on the cairn, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a prehistoric burial cairn 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 17 SE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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