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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairn KennyCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Glenwhilly
Map Ref: NX17467525 Landranger Map Number: 76
Latitude: 55.038147N Longitude: 4.858158W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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For more information about this Neolithic Chambered Cairn see Canmore ID 61771.
Their 1985 entry records: "This cairn has been considerably disturbed (since 1962). Measuring 15m in diameter, the cairn still stands to a maximum height of 1.6m, although the upper 0.5m appears to be spoil from the excavation trench that has revealed the chamber at its centre. All that is now visible of the chamber, however, are four massive side slabs set in opposed pairs at the W end of the chamber. The western slab on the S has been displaced, obscuring the end of the passage and the broken lintel that was previously recorded. Nothing can be seen of the other two pairs of orthostats recorded to the E, and the lintel that spanned the second pair appears to have been removed."
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