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Latitude: 55.0281 / 55°1'41"N
Longitude: -4.8294 / 4°49'45"W
OS Eastings: 219252
OS Northings: 574053
OS Grid: NX192740
Mapcode National: GBR 41.TB9N
Mapcode Global: WH2RQ.SWH9
Entry Name: Miltonise,cairns 670m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 6 September 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6010
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument consists of two burial cairns of the late neolithic or Bronze Age situated between the Cross Water of Luce and the Pilwhirn Burn. The larger of the two measures 9.5m in diameter and 0.4m high. It has been partly robbed and a small burial cist is visible to the NE of centre. The second cairn lies 12m to the S and is completely covered by peat. It shows as a low mound 5m in diameter. The area to be scheduled includes the two cairns and an area around them in which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. The area is a rectangle and measures 40m NNE-SSW by 20m transversely, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as two burial cairns of the late Neolithic or Bronze Age which have the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 17 SE 2.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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