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Cordorcan is a cairn situated 750 metres north-east of Cordorcan in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, Caradocian wacke deposited some 450 million years ago during the Ordovician period. This hard, fine-grained sedimentary stone would have been abundant locally and suitable for the cairn's construction.
Cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, serving as burial monuments or territorial markers across the Scottish landscape. The stones would have been gathered from the surrounding moorland and piled to create a substantial mound, a practice common throughout the upland regions of south-western Scotland during the second millennium BC.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM10385, recognising its archaeological significance as part of the region's Bronze Age heritage. The monument's survival in this rural setting preserves evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices across Kirkcudbrightshire's moorlands.
Cordorcan, cairn 750m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10385. View the official record →
Cordorcan is a cairn situated 750 metres north-east of Cordorcan in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10385.
Cordorcan, cairn 750m NE of 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 SM10385.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Thieves, standing stones, Blair Hill (1.2 km), Dalvaird, cairn 320m NNE of (1.3 km), Drumfern,cairn and remains of stone circle (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cordorcan, cairn 750m NE of'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.
Cordorcan, cairn 750m NE of stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.