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Latitude: 55.4552 / 55°27'18"N
Longitude: -3.6516 / 3°39'5"W
OS Eastings: 295649
OS Northings: 619163
OS Grid: NS956191
Mapcode National: GBR 25YC.79
Mapcode Global: WH5TR.W4BT
Entry Name: Stoneyburn,cairns 800m SW of
Scheduled Date: 31 March 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4515
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Crawford
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
The monument consists of a group of three grass-covered cairns on the summit of a knoll close to the E bank of the Ellershie Burn. The largest cairn is 10m in diameter and 0.6m high, with a number of protruding stones. The other two cairns, which lie nearby, are much smaller, and are completely grass-covered. The area to be scheduled
is square in plan, with edges aligned NE-SW and NW-SE measuring 50m. The SE edge lies immediately below an electricity supply line, with a pylon 10m from its NE end.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a potential group of burials in close proximity to a later prehistoric settlement and field system. Also of importance is the fact that the cairns will seal below them a sample of the contemporary land-surface, with potential for the survival of evidence relating to land-use and environment.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NS91NE 15.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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