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Kilhern Long Cairn is a Neolithic ceremonial monument situated in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland, approximately 200 metres north-east of Kilhern. The cairn stands upon bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen formations, Ordovician wackes that underlie much of this part of Galloway and would have been exposed stone sources available to its builders. Long cairns of this type, typically dating to the earlier Neolithic period, served as communal burial monuments, with rubble-filled chambers beneath their elongated earthen and stone mounds. Such monuments represent some of the earliest architecture in Britain and reflect the ritual and social practices of farming communities during the fourth millennium BC.
The site remains a significant record of Neolithic settlement and land use in the region. Its position within the upland landscape of Wigtownshire reflects deliberate placement by Neolithic peoples exploiting this terrain. The cairn is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13771, ensuring its preservation for archaeological study and public understanding of Scotland's prehistoric heritage.
Long cairn, 200m NE of Kilhern is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13771. View the official record →
Kilhern Long Cairn is a Neolithic ceremonial monument situated in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland, approximately 200 metres north-east of Kilhern. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13771.
Long cairn, 200m NE of Kilhern 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 SM13771.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cascreugh Castle (4.6 km), Craig, cairn 700m SW of (4.6 km), Glenluce Abbey (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Long cairn, 200m NE of Kilhern'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.
Long cairn, 200m NE of Kilhern stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.