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Miltonise North Cairn

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<b>Miltonise North Cairn</b>Posted by markj99Image © markj99
Nearest Town:Stranraer (19km SSW)
OS Ref (GB):   NX19257405 / Sheet: 76
Latitude:55° 1' 40.6" N
Longitude:   4° 49' 41.67" W

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Visited 08.03.20

Miltonise North cairn lies 30m E of the Stranraer to Girvan railway line 650m NNE of Miltonise farm (as noted in Canmore ID 61803 (go to Links)).
It is a robbed out cairn, approximately 10m across with an off-centre kist exposed. The kist is a 0.5m square, approximately 0.5m deep with two stone slabs remaining in situ. A third potential stone slab lies within 1m of the kist.
A small scattering of buried stones remain on the grass covered cairn, which stands out as a green spot surrounded by brown moorland.
In this rough moorland the cairn is almost invisible until one is standing over it.
Canmore ID 61803 also notes that a second cairn 5m in diameter, covered in peat lies 10m S of this cairn however I was unable to locate this feature.
Canmore ID 61853 (go to Links) describes Miltonise South cairn, which is positioned approximately 400m S. Again, it is a turfed over cairn, around 6m in diameter. I was unable to investigate this due to the proximity of beef cattle in the area.
Posted by markj99
15th March 2020ce
Edited 25th July 2020ce

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Canmore ID 61853


Miltonise South Cairn
Posted by markj99
25th July 2020ce

Canmore ID 61803


Miltonise North Cairn
Posted by markj99
25th July 2020ce