Carlochan Cairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Carlochan Cairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64581
Site Number NX76NE 4
NGR NX 7577 6747
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64581
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Crossmichael
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX76NE 4 7577 6747.
(NX 7577 6747) Carlochan Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)
The remains of a very large cairn which has been quarried to such an extent that the outline is quite indefinite. It appears to have been examined about 1780 when a cist and a bronze dagger blade were found in it. The blade was presented to National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1782.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
The site of this cairn, covered with thick grass, is now virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding ground. Still known as
'Carlochan Cairn'.
Revised at 25".
Visited by OS (WDJ) 11 July 1968
Destroyed.
L Masters 1975
(Bronze dagger of Masterton type). Flat dagger with damaged heel and tip; traces of two rivet-holes as well as of third rivet-hole or rivet-notch; V-shaped hilt-mark; bevelled edges; present L.9.8cm, present W.5.0cm. RMS Edinburgh (DI 3).
S Gerloff 1975.