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Little Larg, cairn 890m south of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9478 / 54°56'52"N

Longitude: -4.8699 / 4°52'11"W

OS Eastings: 216298

OS Northings: 565229

OS Grid: NX162652

Mapcode National: GBR 40.ZDYS

Mapcode Global: WH2S3.5W8T

Entry Name: Little Larg, cairn 890m S of

Scheduled Date: 7 December 1998

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM7477

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

Description

The monument comprises a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a stony mound.

The monument lies on a low rise in rough pasture, at around 105m OD. It is a circular flat-topped cairn measuring about 11.5m in diameter by about 0.6m in maximum height. The monument is probably 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 35m, 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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