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Cairn Kinna is a pair of Bronze Age burial cairns situated 960 metres east-south-east of Corrafeckloch in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. The monuments stand on bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a wacke deposit laid down during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician, which provides the underlying geology of this upland landscape. The two cairns represent a typical ritual burial practice of the Bronze Age communities who inhabited this region, with paired or clustered monuments occurring commonly across Dumfries and Galloway.
The site benefits from statutory protection as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM1008, recognising its archaeological significance. The cairns occupy a prominent position in the rolling moorland terrain characteristic of the region, where similar Bronze Age ritual monuments are distributed across the higher ground. The local geology of wacke bedrock would have influenced the stone available for cairn construction, with the durable material suitable for building substantial burial mounds.
Such paired cairn sites often functioned as communal burial places or as markers within a Bronze Age ceremonial landscape, though the specific chronology and use-phase of Cairn Kinna remain to be fully determined through archaeological investigation. The monuments form part of the wider prehistoric heritage of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Cairn Kinna, two cairns 960m ESE of Corrafeckloch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1008. View the official record →
Cairn Kinna is a pair of Bronze Age burial cairns situated 960 metres east-south-east of Corrafeckloch in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1008.
Cairn Kinna, two cairns 960m ESE of Corrafeckloch 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 SM1008.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Corrafeckloch,hut circle and field system 1150m SE of (0.4 km), White Cairn,cairn 910m NNE of Bargrennan Cottage (1.5 km), Cairnderry, chambered cairn (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cairn Kinna, two cairns 960m ESE of Corrafeckloch'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 Kinna, two cairns 960m ESE of Corrafeckloch stands on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.