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Latitude: 54.9742 / 54°58'27"N
Longitude: -4.8724 / 4°52'20"W
OS Eastings: 216254
OS Northings: 568177
OS Grid: NX162681
Mapcode National: GBR 40.XLCX
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.471J
Entry Name: Craigbirnoch,cairn 1090m SW of
Scheduled Date: 18 February 1991
Last Amended: 22 November 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4952
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 situated on a knoll overlooking the Altigoukie Burn. It measures 15.5m in diameter and 1m high. Part of the top of the cairn has 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.
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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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NE 7.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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