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Latitude: 55.7231 / 55°43'23"N
Longitude: -3.5564 / 3°33'23"W
OS Eastings: 302335
OS Northings: 648837
OS Grid: NT023488
Mapcode National: GBR 32L8.V8
Mapcode Global: WH5SG.BDPZ
Entry Name: Kersewell Mains,cairn 1400m ENE of
Scheduled Date: 22 May 1989
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4662
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Carnwath
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
The monument is a prehistoric burial cairn situated on a rise 100m N of the Westruther Burn. The cairn is 11m in diameter and rises to 1m in height. It is composed of small boulders and shows no sign of having been disturbed. The area to be scheduled is circular, centred on the cairn, and 30m in diameter, as delineated in red on the attached plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a good example of a small burial cairn in an apparently undisturbed condition. It also forms part of a group of such sites in close proximity.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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