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Latitude: 54.9754 / 54°58'31"N
Longitude: -4.3433 / 4°20'35"W
OS Eastings: 250117
OS Northings: 567046
OS Grid: NX501670
Mapcode National: GBR 4N.XN99
Mapcode Global: WH3TH.860M
Entry Name: Cairnsmore of Fleet, cairn
Scheduled Date: 26 August 1963
Last Amended: 13 February 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2316
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Minnigaff
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire
The monument is a cairn, a prehistoric burial mound dating from the Neolithic or early Bronze Age period (c. 4000-1500BC). The monument was originally scheduled in 1963 but an inadequate area was included to protect all of the archaeological remains: the present scheduling rectifies this.
The cairn stands at around 710m OD on the highest point of Cairnsmore of Fleet, commanding extensive views over the surrounding landscape. It is roughly circular, measuring a maximum of 15m in diameter and standing 1.5m-2m high. There is a faint suggestion of a berm around the S and W sides, but this has probably been caused by modern disturbance. A modern marker cairn has been built on the summit of the monument.
The area to be scheduled is a circle 35m in diameter centred on the cairn to include the cairn itself and an area around where remains relating to its construction and use may be expected to survive, as shown in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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