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Latitude: 55.7014 / 55°42'4"N
Longitude: -3.8337 / 3°50'1"W
OS Eastings: 284857
OS Northings: 646848
OS Grid: NS848468
Mapcode National: GBR 12NJ.T1
Mapcode Global: WH5SB.2YPM
Entry Name: Auchenglen, cairn 450m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 27 January 2005
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM11235
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Carluke
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale West
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
The monument comprises a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a tree-covered stony mound, lying in pasture, on a knoll, at 125m OD, just beyond the boundary of West Wood.
The cairn measures c. 14m in diameter and is c. 1m high. There is a 3m wide depression in the centre which may relate to an antiquarian investigation. Cairns of this type are funerary monuments dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and may be expected to contain a central burial, and other burials under or within the cairn. There may be traces of further activity round the skirts of the mound and the cairn should preserve underneath it an area of contemporary ground surface.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is 35m in diameter as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices, as well of contemporary landuse.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NS84NW13, Westwood, the Lee, Cairn.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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