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Cairn Kenny, chambered cairn

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

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Coordinates

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

Description

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

Statement of Scheduling

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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