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Latitude: 55.7344 / 55°44'3"N
Longitude: -4.3044 / 4°18'15"W
OS Eastings: 255403
OS Northings: 651403
OS Grid: NS554514
Mapcode National: GBR 3Q.CLMN
Mapcode Global: WH3PT.V4G8
Entry Name: North Kirktonmoor,cairn 330m SW of
Scheduled Date: 3 March 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5645
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Eaglesham
County: East Renfrewshire
Electoral Ward: Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham
Traditional County: Renfrewshire
The monument comprises a burial cairn which is situated on a slight terrace to the SW of North Kirktonmoor farmsteading.
Trapezoidal on plan, it consists of a platform of stones which measures 22m from E to W by 15m transversely. The shape may in part be due to the effects of ploughing; there has also been some robbing of the interior of the cairn, although not in recent times.
The area to be scheduled measures 60m in diameter, to include the cairn and an area around in which traces of evidence associated with its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a well-preserved burial cairn, of probable Bronze Age date, which has the potential to provide information about prehistoric burial and ritual practice, as well as to provide environmental and dating evidence from the old ground surface which it has sealed.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NS 55 SS 23.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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