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Latitude: 54.9966 / 54°59'47"N
Longitude: -4.8615 / 4°51'41"W
OS Eastings: 217055
OS Northings: 570636
OS Grid: NX170706
Mapcode National: GBR 40.W8W3
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.9N7X
Entry Name: Dirniemow,cairn 420m SW of
Scheduled Date: 29 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4863
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 now on the edge of an abandoned quarry. It measures 17m in diameter and up to 0.4m high. Although it was covered in deep bracken at the time of visit it appears to have been disturbed in the central area. The area to be scheduled encloses the cairn and an area around it within which traces of activity associated with its use may survive. It measures 30m in diameter, but excluding the portion of original ground level removed by the quarry and the drystone dyke to the W and the land to the W of it, 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 greatly enhance our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices. Its importance is increased by the survival of a number of similar monuments in the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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