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Latitude: 54.799 / 54°47'56"N
Longitude: -4.6087 / 4°36'31"W
OS Eastings: 232401
OS Northings: 548025
OS Grid: NX324480
Mapcode National: GBR GJZ0.ZLH
Mapcode Global: WH3V4.5MMV
Entry Name: Elrig Farm, cairn 340m SW of
Scheduled Date: 31 October 1924
Last Amended: 17 November 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1935
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Mochrum
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric burial cairn. The cairn, which stands on an open slope of SW aspect, is circular, about 20m in diameter and 1.5m high. It appears to be undisturbed, and almost certainly conceals prehistoric burials of Neolithic or (less likely) Bronze Age period. 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 possibly undisturbed burial cairn which may contain information, accessible to excavation and analysis, relating to prehistoric burial practices and ritual beliefs. The body of the cairn may seal old ground surfaces which could provide information about changing land-use and agricultural economy prior to the cairn?s construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NX 34 NW 20.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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