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Latitude: 54.9048 / 54°54'17"N
Longitude: -4.8513 / 4°51'4"W
OS Eastings: 217289
OS Northings: 560397
OS Grid: NX172603
Mapcode National: GBR GHDR.8JH
Mapcode Global: WH2S9.GZ29
Entry Name: Craig, cairn 700m SW of
Scheduled Date: 31 October 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7149
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Old Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a stony mound.
The cairn lies at around 105m OD on the southern slopes of Craig Fell, overlooking the Water of Luce to the E and Luce Bay 5km to the S. It is circular, measuring about 15m in diameter by about 0.9m in height. This monument is a burial mound of a type characteristic of the earlier Bronze Age.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 35m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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