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Latitude: 55.0383 / 55°2'17"N
Longitude: -4.8581 / 4°51'29"W
OS Eastings: 217465
OS Northings: 575263
OS Grid: NX174752
Mapcode National: GBR 40.SPPJ
Mapcode Global: WH2RQ.BMWG
Entry Name: Cairn Kenny, chambered cairn
Scheduled Date: 31 October 1924
Last Amended: 5 December 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1925
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument consists of a chambered round burial cairn, of prehistoric date, built on a small knoll.
The cairn has a diameter of 15m and stands up to 1.6m high. It has a large central chamber formed of massive slabs, which has been revealed by unrecorded excavation in the 1960s or early 1970s. Much of the cairn, however, appears to be undisturbed.
The area to be scheduled is circular, 40m in diameter, to include the cairn and an area around it in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a fine example of a round chambered burial cairn of Neolithic date. Despite its recent disturbance, the cairn retains considerable potential to provide information about prehistoric burial practices and ritual beliefs.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NX 17 NE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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