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Cruise is a cairn located in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock composed of wacke belonging to the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, sedimentary rocks deposited during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician. This geology, common throughout the region, provided the stone from which the cairn was constructed.
Cairns of this type in south-western Scotland typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial monuments for individuals of status, often containing cremated remains within stone-built chambers or cists. The monument's survival into the modern period, despite the passage of millennia and the agricultural use of the surrounding landscape, reflects both its substantial construction and the relatively low intensity of land disturbance in this part of Wigtownshire.
The cairn's precise form, dimensions and internal structure remain undocumented in available records. Its scheduled monument status ensures legal protection against unauthorised damage or disturbance, recognising its significance as a surviving example of prehistoric funerary architecture in a region where such monuments provide material evidence for Bronze Age society and burial practices.
Cruise,cairn 1250m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4895. View the official record →
Cruise is a cairn located in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4895.
Cruise,cairn 1250m 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 SM4895.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glenluce Abbey (4.8 km), Castle of Park, castle, Glenluce (6.4 km), Round Dounan,fort,Dunragit House (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cruise,cairn 1250m 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.
Cruise,cairn 1250m NE of stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.