<< Our Photo Pages >> Bardennoch - Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BardennochCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.335 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: New Galloway Nearest Village: Carsphairn
Map Ref: NX56859120
Latitude: 55.194273N Longitude: 4.250373W
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5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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markj99 visited on 17th Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 2 I am always amazed that anyone should deliberately chose to build a dry stane dyke directly across an ancient site. To rub salt into the wounds, Bardennoch Cairn probably provided the raw materials for the dyke's constuction. That said, it is a worthwhile visit especially if you continue on to the Braidenoch Cross Slabs.
The cairn is divided by a dry stane dyke, two thirds on the NW, one third on the SE. It is composed almost entirely of small stones covered in soft green moss giving it a patina of age. There is a NW off-centre grassy hollow with two larger stones c. 3 feet by 1 foot within 1 yard of the wall however it is too shallow to be a chamber, more of an exploratory pit. The stones may be remnants of dry stane dyke construction.
Canmore ID 63862 speculates on the existence of a capstone but it was not observed in situ.
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