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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairn Hill (Dalquharran)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.665 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Ayrshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Girvan Nearest Village: Dailly
Map Ref: NS26690219
Latitude: 55.283259N Longitude: 4.730384W
Condition:
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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markj99 visited on 1st Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Directions to Cairn Hill (Dalquharran) : Take the B741 Dailly road off the A77, N of Girvan. After c. 5 miles stay straight on for Maybole at the Dailly junction. Continue for 75 yards to park up in estate gates on the right. Walk c. 100 yards S into the estate to reach a path heading E into a wood. Follow the path E for c. 150 yards then head S for c. 50 yards along a path heading into a field. The cairn is c. 130 yards SE of the entrance into the field.
Cairn Hill (Dalquharran) Cairn is a ploughed-out cairn c. 0.5 miles north of Dailly in South Ayrshire. The grassy mound is located on the crest of Cairn Hill in arable land. According to Canmore ID 40870 the cairn measured 21m in diameter by 0.9m in height in 1982. Canmore also stated that in 1820 four cists were found in it.
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