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Latitude: 54.9871 / 54°59'13"N
Longitude: -4.8457 / 4°50'44"W
OS Eastings: 218023
OS Northings: 569543
OS Grid: NX180695
Mapcode National: GBR 41.WSLY
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.JXQ5
Entry Name: Craigbirnoch,cairn 1170m NE of
Scheduled Date: 18 February 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4971
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 low ridge to the W of the Cross Water of Luce. It is buried in peat and measures about 6m in diameter and 0.5m high. The area to be scheduled is a circle measuring 30m in diameter, centred on the cairn, 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. It is of particular importance because of the survival of a number of other burial cairns in the vicinity; the study of this group has the potential to increase greatly our knowledge of the development and organisation of the prehistoric landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NE 65.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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