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Latitude: 54.9582 / 54°57'29"N
Longitude: -4.9099 / 4°54'35"W
OS Eastings: 213784
OS Northings: 566495
OS Grid: NX137664
Mapcode National: GBR GH7L.ZQ8
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.KM5T
Entry Name: Cairnerzean,mound 1300m SW of
Scheduled Date: 14 October 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5138
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: mound (domestic or defensive)
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
This mound sits on a prominent knoll on the SE side of Cairnerzean Fell overlooking one of the large Lingdowey Cairns. The mound is covered with close cropped grass and stones are exposed in the centre where there is a shallow hollow. It measures 6m in diameter and 0.5m in height. Although there are exposed stones the mound does not have
the appearance of a cairn and it is not of recent construction.
The area proposed for scheduling is a 30m square centred on the mound, to include not only the mound but also an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use may survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance because it is of a type unique in this area, even though its function and date are unknown. Excavation will reveal evidence both for date and function and for association with neighbouring monuments.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 44.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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