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Latitude: 55.7194 / 55°43'9"N
Longitude: -3.555 / 3°33'17"W
OS Eastings: 302417
OS Northings: 648428
OS Grid: NT024484
Mapcode National: GBR 32M9.4L
Mapcode Global: WH5SG.CHDS
Entry Name: Kersewell Mains,cairn 1400m E of
Scheduled Date: 22 May 1989
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4663
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 open moorland. It is on average 8m in diameter and rises to a height of 0.6m. The area to be scheduled is circular and 28m in diameter, centred on the cairn, 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 which appears to overlie undisturbed remains. It also forms part of a group of such sites in close proximity.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NT 04 NW 19.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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