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Latitude: 55.7286 / 55°43'43"N
Longitude: -3.559 / 3°33'32"W
OS Eastings: 302188
OS Northings: 649458
OS Grid: NT021494
Mapcode National: GBR 32L6.88
Mapcode Global: WH5SG.98HP
Entry Name: Greens Moor,long cairn,cairns and field system NW of Kersewell Mains
Scheduled Date: 22 December 1978
Last Amended: 22 May 1989
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4212
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (t
Location: Carnwath
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
The monument is an extensive field-system of prehistoric date, consisting of field boundaries, small fields marked by lynchets, and a large number of field clearance cairns. Within the system and included in the scheduling are three prehistoric burial cairns, one a long cairn measuring 82m N-S by 13m E-W and up to 1m high, and the others round cairns, one 13.4m in diameter and 0.5m high, the other 11.3m in diameter and 1.7m high. The area to be scheduled is irregular in shape, with maximum dimensions of 550m E-W and 450m N-S.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for several reasons. Firstly, it is a very fine example of a prehistoric field system, and very little appears to have been disturbed by recent agriculture. Secondly, the three cairns set within the area are themselves good examples of their type, with the long cairn already scheduled, one of the round cairns apparently completely undisturbed and the other covering undisturbed deposits. Finally, the juxtaposition of cairns and field system provides the opportunity to example landscape evolution over an extended period of time.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the site as NT04NW 16.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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