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Latitude: 54.9607 / 54°57'38"N
Longitude: -4.8995 / 4°53'58"W
OS Eastings: 214459
OS Northings: 566744
OS Grid: NX144667
Mapcode National: GBR GH8L.QHM
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.QK2X
Entry Name: Cairnerzean,cairns 800m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 21 October 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5101
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
There are two group of small cairns, six in each extending across gentle N facing slopes NW of the Lingdowey Burn. Peat cover may be preserving more than is evident on the surface. The area proposed for scheduling is a rectangle 400m by 200m with its S corner at 14306656 and its N corner at 14616691. This includes all the cairns and a substantial area around them in which traces of activities associated with their construction and the surrounding land-use may be preserved. The area is shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a group of clearance cairns indicative of early agricultural land-use which if excavated will offer evidence to enhance our understanding of the human role in the evolution of the prehistoric landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 72.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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