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Cairn, 1.2km NNE of Whitecairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated on the rolling terrain of Wigtownshire in south-west Scotland. The cairn stands on bedrock of the Shinnel and Glenlee Formations, tough wacke sandstones of Ashgill age that underlie this upland landscape. These ancient gritstones provided both the geological foundation and likely the building material for the stone heap that would have marked the grave of an important individual or community in the Bronze Age or earlier.
The monument occupies a characteristic position within the prehistoric settlement pattern of the region, positioned to be visible across the surrounding moorland. The specific geology of Wigtownshire—with its exposures of hard, knappable stone—shaped the character of burial practices here, as cairn-builders worked with the readily available local rock rather than importing materials from elsewhere.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM1915, reflecting its value to our understanding of prehistoric funerary practices and settlement in south-west Scotland. The cairn survives as evidence of Bronze Age communities who inhabited this landscape and marked the graves of their dead with enduring stone monuments.
Cairn, 1.2km NNE of Whitecairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1915. View the official record →
Cairn, 1.2km NNE of Whitecairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated on the rolling terrain of Wigtownshire in south-west Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1915.
Cairn, 1.2km NNE of Whitecairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1915.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glenluce Abbey (3.8 km), Castle of Park, castle, Glenluce (4.5 km), Glenluce Roman camp, 380m W of Corsehead (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cairn, 1.2km NNE of Whitecairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cairn, 1.2km NNE of Whitecairn stands on Shinnel Formation And Glenlee Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.