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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lagvag CairnCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 62.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Drummore Nearest Village: Maryport
Map Ref: NX15683044
Latitude: 54.635316N Longitude: 4.857398W
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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Shown as a "Cairn" on the OS 1:25000 and 50000 maps, it is a round cairn much uglified by the presence of two large water tanks located high on its easterly edge. I assume they contain(ed) water for the lighthouse.
Even if one hadn't been provided, the location at the extreme end of a long peninsula (with wonderful views to the English Lake District, The Isle of Man and Ireland), would demand a cairn.
For further information see Canmore ID 61039 which adds that in 2000, excavations for a water pipe revealed two shallow grooves in the underlying boulder clay on which the cairn lies. These were roughly parallel and aligned from the centre of the cairn. It is thought that these might be ard (plough) marks.
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