What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Soldier's Cairn, Loch Ken as Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cairn; wider significance not recorded.
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Places near here
Cairn EdwardUnidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 729 yd
Lowran GlenEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1247 yd
Shirmers CastleCastle (medieval) · 1.0 mi
Kenmure CastleCastle (medieval), Moat (medieval)(possible), Sundial (17th Century) (1623) · 1.1 mi
Cairn Edward HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Lower Bennan viewpointViewpoint · 1.7 mi
New Galloway, High Street, GeneralGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
New Galloway, GeneralBurgh (medieval), Town (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
Garels WoodWood · 2.3 mi
Kil HillMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Otter PoolPicnic place · 2.9 mi
Gaistone PlantationWood · 3.7 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0