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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
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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