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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Whitecairn (Boreland) Alternative Name: White CairnCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Wigtown Nearest Village: Causeway End
Map Ref: NX35285819 Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.891224N Longitude: 4.569816W
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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Located in the same field as the Knocknocher stone pair this cairn is marked on the map as 'White Cairn'.
For more information see Canmore ID 62849 which records: "A much-robbed grass-covered cairn measuring 36.0m in diameter and 2.2m in maximum height" and adds that the cairn has been considerably quarried for stones from the top but has never been excavated.
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