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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: LochhillCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: New Abbey
Map Ref: NX96886507
Latitude: 54.969543N Longitude: 3.612379W
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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Chambered Cairn in Dumfries and Galloway. This long cairn was destroyed by excavation between 1969-71. The excavations by Lionel Masters revealed a complex multi-phase construction of the cairn.
In the first phase there was a shallow trench with 3 large pits containing 4 massive timber uprights. The trench was lined with stones around the sides together with a timber planked floor which produced an early 4th millenium BC radiocarbon date. At the northeast end there was a timber facade, in front of which was a stone portal or porch. The structure was burnt and covered with a trapezoidal cairn. Later the porch was re-used as a chamber and fronted by a new megalithic stone facade.
For more information see Canmore ID 65428.
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