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Craigbirnoch,cairn 1050m north east of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9863 / 54°59'10"N

Longitude: -4.8469 / 4°50'49"W

OS Eastings: 217940

OS Northings: 569451

OS Grid: NX179694

Mapcode National: GBR 41.WS8Y

Mapcode Global: WH2RX.JX4T

Entry Name: Craigbirnoch,cairn 1050m NE of

Scheduled Date: 18 February 1991

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM4974

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

Description

The monument is a burial cairn of the late Neolithic or Bronze Age, situated on top of a low knoll to the W of the Cross Water of Luce. It measures 11.5m in diameter and 1.7m high. A small hollow in the top of the mound has not disturbed the important parts of the site. 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 is a circle measuring 30m in diameter, centred on the monument, as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

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 area; 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 17.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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