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Latitude: 55.0852 / 55°5'6"N
Longitude: -4.6401 / 4°38'24"W
OS Eastings: 231589
OS Northings: 579940
OS Grid: NX315799
Mapcode National: GBR 48.PRX9
Mapcode Global: WH2RM.PFMX
Entry Name: Cairnderry, chambered cairn
Scheduled Date: 6 February 1928
Last Amended: 5 September 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1007
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Minnigaff
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric chambered burial cairn, situated in a clearing beside a forest ride.
The cairn has been robbed around the edges, and is now about 30m in diameter, although somewhat spread and reduced in height from the original form. It is now little more than 1m high. On the W and SE sides large stones protrude, and may have been part of a kerb or peristalith, indicating an original diameter of about 24m. Within the cairn are three rectangular chambers, set radially, made of large slabs.
The area to be scheduled is irregular, 40m N-S by 35m E-W, bounded on the E by a forest ride and on the other sides by a line some 5m from the foot of the outer slope of the cairn: this corresponds to the area clear of trees in 1995. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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