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Loch Mannoch,cairn & stone circle north end of

A Scheduled Monument in Dee and Glenkens, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.93 / 54°55'47"N

Longitude: -4.0895 / 4°5'22"W

OS Eastings: 266209

OS Northings: 561474

OS Grid: NX662614

Mapcode National: GBR JH8P.3H2

Mapcode Global: WH4VY.4BWZ

Entry Name: Loch Mannoch,cairn & stone circle N end of

Scheduled Date: 6 February 1927

Last Amended: 30 March 1962

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1033

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)

Location: Tongland

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Dee and Glenkens

Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire

Description

Late 18th century. 4-storey and attic, 5-bay tenement block (grouped 1-3-1) with shops at ground. Rubble stone, rendered at front, plain margins.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central pend, shopfronts flanking at ground, timber dentil cornice below 1st floor cill, 1st-3rd floors symmetrical with regular fenestration, piended dormers to left and right, timber beams evident in pend, blocked doorway and window in S wall.

N ELEVATION: adjoining 101 High St.

S ELEVATION: adjoining 113 High St.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical, advanced stairtower to left, window at 1st and 3rd floors, doorway in return with window above at 2nd floor, 1 bay above pend, windows 1st-3rd, bay to right, windows 1st and 2nd, dormer above and to right.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to front, varied to rear. Grey slate roof; broad brick gablehead stack with full cpmplement of cans to N and S.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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