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Ballach-a-heathry, cairn

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9088 / 54°54'31"N

Longitude: -4.7836 / 4°47'0"W

OS Eastings: 221652

OS Northings: 560664

OS Grid: NX216606

Mapcode National: GBR GHKQ.X70

Mapcode Global: WH2SB.HWB7

Entry Name: Ballach-a-heathry, cairn

Scheduled Date: 11 January 1939

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1915

Schedule Class: Cultural

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

Location: New Luce

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial, religion and ritual. The probable survival of undisturbed deposits within the body of the cairn further enhances it importance.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NX26SW18.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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