Cairn Kenny
Cairn Kenny is a megalithic type Bargrennan Tomb . It is located in Glenwhilly, northeast of Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland .
Of the only 14 examples of this type, the majority are in Dumfries and Galloway. The name of the group, whose characteristic is a passage tomb in the round hill, was the White Cairn of Bargrennan.
Cairn Kenny is a passage tomb in a circular cairn typical of the Bargrennan group , which, like many Bargrennan Tombs, is located on a small hill. It has a well-defined rim with a diameter of about 15.0 m. It rises steeply to a height of 1.7 meters. There are some preserved curbs in the northeast. The upper part of the cairn consists of bedrock, the lower part is overgrown. The summit and the east side of the cairn were removed in order to make the chamber and part of the corridor to the east visible. Both are now filled with stones so that only the tops of four orthostats are visible. The western slab has been shifted, obscuring the end of the corridor and the broken lintel , but previously drawn. Nothing can be seen of the pairs of orthostats at the east end. The lintel that spanned the second pair here appears to have been removed.
literature
- Vicky Cummings, Chris Fowler: From Cairn to Cemetery. An Archaeological Investigation of the Chambered Cairns and Early Bronze Age Mortuary Deposits at Cairnderry and Bargrennan White Cairn, south-west Scotland (= BAR. British Series. 434). Archaeopress, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-1-4073-0039-9 .
- Audrey Shore Henshall: The chambered tombs of Scotland. Volume 2. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1972, ISBN 0-85224-190-9 , pp. 539-540.
Web links
- Entry on Cairn Kenny in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
- Description Engl. and pictures
Coordinates: 55 ° 2 '17.3 " N , 4 ° 51' 29.4" W.