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White Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn located 630 metres west of Glentrool School in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-west Scotland. The monument is protected as a Scheduled Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1049. It represents the funerary architecture of the Neolithic period, when communal burial structures served both practical and ceremonial functions for early farming communities.
The cairn sits upon bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a hard wacke that was formed during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician geological era. This durable stone would have been available locally for the construction of the monument's internal structural elements and outer casing. The surrounding landscape of Kirkcudbrightshire, with its moorland and lochs, provided the setting for this ancient burial structure.
Chambered cairns like White Cairn typically date to the fourth and third millennia before the present and represent some of Scotland's earliest monumental architecture. Their characteristic internal chambers, generally built from stone orthostats and roofed with large capstones, allowed repeated access for successive burials, distinguishing them from later single-burial monuments. White Cairn remains an important example of Neolithic funerary practice in south-west Scotland.
White Cairn, chambered cairn 630m W of Glentrool School is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1049. View the official record →
White Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn located 630 metres west of Glentrool School in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-west Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1049.
White Cairn, chambered cairn 630m W of Glentrool School dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 630m w of glentrool school. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
White Cairn, chambered cairn 630m W of Glentrool School 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 SM1049.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including White Cairn,cairn 910m NNE of Bargrennan Cottage (1.3 km), Middle Bridge of Cree,cairn 110m WNW of (2 km), Minnoch,Old Bridge of (3.2 km).
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White Cairn, chambered cairn 630m W of Glentrool School stands on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.