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Auld Wife's Grave, chambered cairn, Cairnscarrow

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9446 / 54°56'40"N

Longitude: -4.9128 / 4°54'45"W

OS Eastings: 213538

OS Northings: 564990

OS Grid: NX135649

Mapcode National: GBR GH7M.Y63

Mapcode Global: WH2S2.HZT8

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Auld Wife's Grave, chambered cairn, Cairnscarrow

Scheduled Date: 31 October 1924

Last Amended: 5 December 1995

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1914

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn

Location: Inch

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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