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Latitude: 54.9521 / 54°57'7"N
Longitude: -4.9029 / 4°54'10"W
OS Eastings: 214201
OS Northings: 565795
OS Grid: NX142657
Mapcode National: GBR GH8M.8Y9
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.NSGJ
Entry Name: Little Larg,cairns 1950m W of
Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5036
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field clearance cairn, cairnfield
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
This is a group of 25 cairns scattered over the S end of Cross Hill above the head of the Lingdowey Burn. The largest is 5m in diameter. The area proposed for scheduling is a rectangle aligned N-S 200m N and 100m E from NX1415 6570, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as part of an extensive group of cairns extending from Cairnscarrow along the Lingdowey Burn which includes the large, individual ?Lingdowey Cairns? and groups of smaller clearance cairns. It is also important as a distinct area in its own right, showing the extent of former agricultural activity and preserving beneath it evidence, accessible to excavation, of pre-cairn land-use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 15.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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