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Latitude: 54.9937 / 54°59'37"N
Longitude: -4.8484 / 4°50'54"W
OS Eastings: 217882
OS Northings: 570278
OS Grid: NX178702
Mapcode National: GBR 40.WKX5
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.HRG4
Entry Name: Pultadie,cairn 470m NW of
Scheduled Date: 29 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4881
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 6m in diameter and 0.7m high. Unlike other cairns in the area, it does not appear to have been disturbed. The area to be scheduled includes the cairn and an area around it within which traces of activity associated 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 late 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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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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