Rorie Gill's Cairn
Rorie Gill's Cairn is north of Minnigaff in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland .
Rorie Gill's Cairn is a 0.9 m high round cairn , about 13.8 m in diameter, made of loose rocks and small stones, surmounted by a small pile of reading stones . It was excavated in 1922 by AJH Edwards, who identified structural features in the cairn as well as two stone boxes , one of which was in the center (therefore presumably primary) and contained a vessel. The other, off-center, contained fragments of a vessel.
The center was completely removed, leaving a flat interior with a diameter of 8.0 m, in which there is a 1.1 m by 0.8 m by 0.6 m high box. On the S-side of the cairn is a stone-filled indentation that may have contained the second box.
Rory Gill was a privateer, one of several, one of which is claimed to be under King David II. (1324-1371) on the nearby thieves stones were executed.
About 180 m away is the Clyde Tomb von Drannandow and the stone pair The Thieves . Nearby the "Category A listed buildings" of Cumloden House and the ruined Garlies Castle.
See also
literature
- RCAHMS: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Fifth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in Galloway, II, county of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. Edinburgh 1914
Web links
- Entry on Rorie Gill's Cairn in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
- Description Engl. and picture
- Description Engl. and picture
Coordinates: 55 ° 0 ′ 34.5 " N , 4 ° 29 ′ 28.3" W.