White Cairn, West Skelston (Cairn(s)) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of White Cairn, West Skelston (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Approaching White Cairn, West Skelston from SW.

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Image of White Cairn, West Skelston (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Original stones with an aged white patina on White Cairn, West Skelston.

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Image of White Cairn, West Skelston (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Large central void in White Cairn, West Skelston.

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White Cairn, West Skelston

Cairn(s)

markj99 Apr 4, 2020

Visited 28.08.19

White Cairn, West Skelston is a partially robbed cairn, reused as a dump for field clearance stones and old farm equipment. It is 3 miles W of Dunscore in an arable field overlooking West Skelston farm.
Canmore ID 65098 (go to Links) describes the cairn in 1991 as follows: “This cairn is situated on the crest of a spur and measures 23m in diameter and 3m in height; it has been partly robbed and has been supplemented by large boulders relatively recently.”
There are original stones with an aged white patina but there are also a large central robbed out void, large field clearance stones and some old farm equipment on this cairn.
This seems to be the fate of cairns in proximity of farms where the temptation to exploit a natural resource is too great.

White Cairn, West Skelston

Cairn(s)

markj99 Jul 25, 2020

Canmore ID 65098

White Cairn, West Skelston

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