Canmore Site 45569: WETHERHILL CAIRN - MUIRKIRK - CAIRN (PERIOD UNASSIGNED)
Description
Site Name | WETHERHILL CAIRN |
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Other Name(s) | n/a |
Site Number | NS73SW 2 |
Broad Class | MONUMENT (BY FORM) |
Site Type(s) | CAIRN (PERIOD UNASSIGNED) |
NGR | NS 7221 3037 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 10m |
Local Authority | EAST AYRSHIRE |
Parish | MUIRKIRK |
Record created | 1988-04-25 |
Last updated | 2000-04-12 |
Archaeology Notes
NS73SW 2 7221 3037.
(NS 7221 3037) Wetherhill Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1959)
This almost circular cairn, measuring 30ft N-S by 25ft E-W, is situated at the W end of Wetherhill ridge (1128ft OD). There is no evidence of a kerb. When excavated, a food vessel, fragments of a (? collared) cinerary urn containing a cremation, and a deposit of charcoal and burnt bones were found. The food vessel and the rim of the cinerary urn are now in the NMAS (Acc Nos: EE 118 and EA 192 respectively).
J G A Baird 1917; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1926; A Fairbairn 1927; D D A Simpson 1965; A Morrison 1968
A low cairn of stones, perfectly circular, 7.5m in diameter and 0.6m high, situated on top of a large, prominent, isolated knoll.
Visited by OS (JD) 31 July 1954
Wetherhill Cairn is as described by the previous authorities. It is surmounted by a modern cairn, and the residual remains of a probable sheep shelter are visible among the cairn material.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JB) 10 April 1978
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