Canmore Site 45545: CAIRN TABLE - MUIRKIRK - BURIAL CAIRN(S) (PREHISTORIC), TRIANGULATION PILLAR (20TH CENTURY), WAR MEMORIAL (20TH CENTURY) (1920), ARMLET (BRONZE)(PREHISTORIC)
Description
Site Name | CAIRN TABLE |
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Other Name(s) | CAIRNTABLE |
Site Number | NS72SW 1 |
Broad Class | DRESS AND PERSONAL ACCESSORIES, MONUMENT (BY FORM), CIVIL, RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY, COMMEMORATIVE |
Site Type(s) | BURIAL CAIRN(S) (PREHISTORIC), TRIANGULATION PILLAR (20TH CENTURY), WAR MEMORIAL (20TH CENTURY) (1920), ARMLET (BRONZE)(PREHISTORIC) |
NGR | NS 7242 2422 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 10m |
Local Authority | EAST AYRSHIRE |
Parish | MUIRKIRK |
Record created | 1988-04-11 |
Last updated | 2021-05-30 |
Archaeology Notes
NS72SW 1 724 242.
(A: NS 7247 2423; B: NS 7242 2422) Cairns (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)
Two cairns occupy conspicuous positions on the summit of Cairn Table (592.5m OD).
The E cairn (A) measures 16m in diameter and 3.5m in height; it seems to be relatively undisturbed. A bronze armlet and ring, found together under a boulder on its E margin, were donated to the NMAS in 1933 (Acc Nos: FA 90, 91). Though thought to be of Early Bronze date, an Iron Age date has recently been suggested for them (M Macgregor 1976).
Cairn 'B', 30m WSW of 'A', has been heavily robbed to provide material for a modern memorial cairn near by, and now measures about 12m in diameter and 1m in height. An OS triangulation station has been erected on it.
(RCAHMS 1978, visited 1971; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1934; J M Coles 1971)
These two cairns were in a similar condition when visited in 1954.
Visited by OS (JLD) 27 July 1954
No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JB) 10 April 1978
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