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Latitude: 55.0549 / 55°3'17"N
Longitude: -4.5876 / 4°35'15"W
OS Eastings: 234810
OS Northings: 576444
OS Grid: NX348764
Mapcode National: GBR 4B.RRZ0
Mapcode Global: WH3SZ.H6MN
Entry Name: Middle Bridge of Cree,cairn 110m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 15 February 1938
Last Amended: 29 October 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1943
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Penninghame
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises a prehistoric burial cairn. It is already scheduled, but the protected area is inadequate fully to cover the cairn and the area immediately around: hence this rescheduling.
The cairn, which is located at about 45m OD overlooking the W bank of the River Cree, measures about 23m E-W by 16m, and is approximately oval on plan. It stands up to 1.5m high, and shows no sign of disturbance. It is likely to be of Neolithic date (4000 BP - 2000 BP).
The area now to be scheduled is a rectangle aligned E-W and measuring 45m E-W by 35m N-S, centred on the cairn, to include the cairn and an area around it, in which evidence related to its construction and use may survive, as indicated in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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