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Latitude: 55.0227 / 55°1'21"N
Longitude: -5.05 / 5°2'59"W
OS Eastings: 205132
OS Northings: 574050
OS Grid: NX051740
Mapcode National: GBR FHXF.FMM
Mapcode Global: WH1QP.D0HV
Entry Name: Blarbuie,cairn 300m SW of
Scheduled Date: 31 December 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5520
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Ballantrae
County: South Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Girvan and South Carrick
Traditional County: Ayrshire
The monument consists of a cairn situated SW of Finnarts Hill, 240m
SW of a (scheduled) ritual enclosure on the hill's summit.
The cairn is about 8m in diameter and the capstone of cist, which contained a food vessel (found in 1944), is visible at its centre.
The area to be scheduled measures 50m in diameter, to include the
cairn and an area around in which associated remains may survive,as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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