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Latitude: 54.9313 / 54°55'52"N
Longitude: -4.9312 / 4°55'52"W
OS Eastings: 212294
OS Northings: 563554
OS Grid: NX122635
Mapcode National: GBR GH6P.1YV
Mapcode Global: WH2S8.792Y
Entry Name: Loan Hill, cairn 500m NW of Little Tongue
Scheduled Date: 16 March 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7514
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a low, stony mound.
The monument lies in rough pasture, on the summit of a low hill, at around 175m OD. It comprises a grass- and turf-covered, circular mound measuring about 17m in diameter by a maximum of 0.5m in height. The monument is a burial mound of a type characteristic of the Bronze Age.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 40m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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