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Wood Cairn is a post-medieval cairn located on Eldrig Fell in Wigtownshire, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, Caradocian wacke deposits that form the underlying geology of this moorland landscape. Post-medieval cairns of this type were typically constructed as boundary markers, waypoints, or clearance heaps resulting from agricultural improvement of upland ground.
The cairn occupies exposed fell country characteristic of south-western Scotland's moorlands, where such stone monuments remain prominent landscape features. These structures often accumulated over time as successive generations added material during land management activities across the centuries following the medieval period.
Wood Cairn is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1953, reflecting its significance as a surviving example of post-medieval upland settlement and land use practices in the region.
Wood Cairn, cairn, Eldrig Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1953. View the official record →
Wood Cairn is a post-medieval cairn located on Eldrig Fell in Wigtownshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1953.
Wood Cairn, cairn, Eldrig Fell dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a cairn, eldrig fell. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Wood Cairn, cairn, Eldrig Fell 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 SM1953.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long cairn, 200m NE of Kilhern (6.9 km), Caves of Kilhern, chambered cairn 760m SSW of Dranigower (6.9 km), Bennan of Garvilland,fort (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Wood Cairn, cairn, Eldrig Fell'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.
Wood Cairn, cairn, Eldrig Fell stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.