Clyde Tomb by Drannandow

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The Clyde Tomb of Drannandow ( English Drannandow Chambered Cairn ) is north of Cumloden House on Drannandow Moor, north of Minnigaff in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland .

The heavily disturbed Cairn of 23.0 × 15.0 m and 0.6 to 0.9 m in height, is the remainder of a west-east oriented Clyde Tombs . The five chambers, one on the east end and two on the sides, are well delimited and each measure 2.2 m by 1.0 m. The cairn has indistinct edges and is overgrown with grass and bracken. The excavation confirmed the existence of five chambers but did not reveal any evidence of curbs. The chambers are partially visible, although they contain stones and rubbish. They had been emptied before the excavation and there were no finds. About 180 m away is Rorie Gill's Cairn and the stone pair The Thieves .

literature

  • Arthur JH Edwards: Report on the excavation of (1) a long segmented chambered cairn, (2) a Bronze Age cairn, and (3) a hut-circle, in the Parish of Minnigaff, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 57, 1922/1923, pp. 55-65, ( digital version (PDF; 1.3 MB) ).
  • Audrey Shore Henshall: The chambered tombs of Scotland. Volume 2. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1972, ISBN 0-85224-190-9 .
  • RCAHMS - The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland: Fifth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in Galloway. Volume 2: County of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. HMSO, Edinburgh 1914.

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Coordinates: 55 ° 0 ′ 40.3 "  N , 4 ° 29 ′ 26.3"  W.