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Latitude: 54.9823 / 54°58'56"N
Longitude: -4.7325 / 4°43'57"W
OS Eastings: 225242
OS Northings: 568711
OS Grid: NX252687
Mapcode National: GBR 45.X8LX
Mapcode Global: WH2S5.81NC
Entry Name: Wood Cairn, cairn, Eldrig Fell
Scheduled Date: 11 January 1938
Last Amended: 23 February 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1953
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Kirkcowan
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises the remains of a cairn, a prehistoric burial mound dating from the Neolithic or early Bronze Age period (c.4000-1500BC). The monument was originally scheduled in 1938 but the area covered by the designation was ambiguous. The current scheduling rectifies this.
The cairn stands at around 225m OD on the summit of Eldrig Fell where it commands extensive views over the surrounding landscape. It is roughly circular in shape, approximately 18m in diameter, and stands around 2m high. Despite the construction of modern marker cairns on its surface, the body of the cairn survives comparatively intact and it therefore has the potential to retain any original funerary or ritual deposits undisturbed.
The area to be scheduled is a circle, 40m in diameter, centred on the cairn, to include the cairn and an area around it where remains relating to its construction and use may be expected to survive, as shown in red on the attached plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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