<< Our Photo Pages >> King Shaw's Grave - Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: King Shaw's Grave Alternative Name: King Schaw's Grave; Bank Head Hill; King Schaw's CistCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Langholm
Map Ref: NY25939320
Latitude: 55.227437N Longitude: 3.166046W
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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Cairn in Dumfries and Galloway
The cist all that remains of a cairn removed in 1828.
Eskdale, Dumfrishire, Scotland.
For more information see Canmore ID 67325 which says this cist is: "Situated on a slight eminence in fairly level moorland, now afforested, the site clearly once commanded extensive views, especially down the Esk valley, but trees now obscure visibility. The remains now comprise a low mound of stones which has been almost entirely removed, but has an identifiable diameter of 15.5m. In the centre there is a well-constructed cist of rectangular slabs orientated NW-SE and measuring 1.25m by 0.6m by 0.75m high. It is built of three slabs (the SW end being now open) and is covered by a well-fitting capstone." They add that this was clearly a complex site with as many as five cists.
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