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Mid Gleniron is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland. The monument belongs to the tradition of megalithic burial structures characteristic of the Neolithic period in Britain, constructed to serve as a communal burial place. The site represents the archaeological heritage of early farming communities in south-western Scotland, a region notable for its concentration of chambered cairns dating from the fourth and third millennia before the present. The monument is registered with Historic Environment Scotland under the designation INSPIRE reference SM1944.
Mid Gleniron, chambered cairns and cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1944. View the official record →
Mid Gleniron is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1944.
Mid Gleniron, chambered cairns and cairns dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairns and cairns. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mid Gleniron, chambered cairns and cairns 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 SM1944.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glenluce Abbey (2.3 km), Castle of Park, castle, Glenluce (3.8 km), Glenluce Roman camp, 380m W of Corsehead (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Mid Gleniron, chambered cairns and cairns'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.
Mid Gleniron, chambered cairns and cairns stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.