Site Name: Dumbarton Muir
Alternative Name(s): Gallangad Muir
Monument Type: Cairn
Council: West Dunbartonshire
Parish: Dumbarton
Map Sheet: NS48SE
Grid Reference: 245725, 681475
Canmore Number: 43456
Non-Statutory Register Code: S
WoSASPIN 7972
NS48SE 9 4573 8147.
A small round cairn, about 20' in diameter, is situated 18' SW of the W end of the Lang Cairn (NS48SE 1)
A S Henshall 1972.
NS 4573 8147. This heather-covered cairn is 8.0m in diameter and 0.9m high with a mutilation in the centre.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J P) 12 November 1972.
NS 457 814 About 5.5m to the SW of the Lang Cairn on Dumbartonmuir (NS48SE 1) there is a small round cairn 7m in diameter.
RCAHMS 1978, visited December 1977
At the W end of Lang Cairn lies the remains of another cairn (NS45732 81475). It is situated less than 5m to the SW of the W end of the cairn and is constructed of drystone rubble overgrown with heather and grasses. The cairn survives as a sub-circular mound measuring a maximum width of 6.5m with a penannular shaped top reaching 0.4m in height. The cairn is known as Dumbarton Muir (NS48SE 9).
Hudson, G. & Humble, J., AOC Archaeology Group, 'Shiels of Gartlea Cairn and Lang Cairn, Dumbarton: Neolithic Chambered Cairns. Archaeological survey, February/March 2017', 2017
RCAHMS , The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Dumbarton District, Clydebank District, Bearsden and Milngavie District, Strathclyde Region. Edinburgh.(1978)
Henshall, A S , The chambered tombs of Scotland. Vol 2, Edinburgh.(1972)