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Drumwhirn Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument situated north of Boreland in Kirkcudbrightshire, in the south of Scotland. The cairn sits upon bedrock of the Shinnel and Glenlee Formations, a Silurian wacke laid down during the Ashgill period, which would have provided stone suitable for cairn construction. Such monuments are typical of the Bronze Age, when communal burial practices shifted toward individual or small-group interments marked by stone heaps. The precise form and dimensions of the surviving structure reflect local stone availability and construction methods used across the upland regions of the south-western Lowlands during the second millennium before Christ.
The cairn is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1021, recognising its archaeological significance and the protection afforded to the buried remains within. The monument contributes to the archaeological landscape of Kirkcudbrightshire, where numerous cairns of similar age mark the Bronze Age use of moorland and upland terrain. The location and survival of Drumwhirn Cairn offer potential for future investigation into burial practices and Bronze Age settlement patterns in the region.
Drumwhirn,cairn N of Boreland is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1021. View the official record →
Drumwhirn Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument situated north of Boreland in Kirkcudbrightshire, in the south of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1021.
Drumwhirn,cairn N of Boreland 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 SM1021.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boreland,chambered cairn (1.2 km), Drumfern,cairn and remains of stone circle (2.2 km), Minnigaff, Old Church (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Drumwhirn,cairn N of Boreland'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.
Drumwhirn,cairn N of Boreland stands on Shinnel Formation And Glenlee Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.