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Latitude: 54.6354 / 54°38'7"N
Longitude: -4.8573 / 4°51'26"W
OS Eastings: 215687
OS Northings: 530443
OS Grid: NX156304
Mapcode National: GBR GJCG.CTG
Mapcode Global: WH2TN.CR7B
Entry Name: Mull of Galloway Farm, cairn 2300m SE of
Scheduled Date: 4 September 1989
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4702
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Kirkmaiden
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a cairn of the late neolithic or Bronze Age situated 40m N of the lighthouse at the Mull of Galloway. It measures 16.5m N- S by 15m transversely and is a maximum of 2.2m high. The monument is surmounted by a flagstaff set in concrete. Two large fuel tanks, one of which impinges on the cairn, lie to the E. The area to be scheduled, including the cairn and an area around it in which traces of activity associated with its use may be found, measures 30m in diameter. It is centred on the monument, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a well-preserved example of 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
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NX 13 SE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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