<< Our Photo Pages >> Cairn Pat - Hillfort in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
Submitted by markj99 on Monday, 03 October 2022 Page Views: 833
Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cairn PatCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.483 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Lochans
Map Ref: NX04425632
Latitude: 54.863321N Longitude: 5.049013W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
markj99 visited on 2nd Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A concrete road heading N off the A77 between Lochans and Portpatrick gives access to Cairn Pat Hill Fort. The modern antenna dominates Cairn Pat hill. There is a panoramic 360° view from the summit.
There was a hillfort on the summit of Cairn Pat, a natural defensive stronghold rising to 182m above Sea Level. The hillfort has steep sides on the N, E & W flanks affording natural protection. There are intermittent traces of a double rampart defence round the perimeter of the hill giving further security to the occupiers. On the gentler slopes of the S flank there are traces of secondary and tertiary ramparts. The oval enclosure measures c. 130 yards N-S & 110 yards E-W. Cairn Pat hill is now dominated by a tall antenna and radio station building, erected on the centre of the enclosure. A track from the S cuts through the SE Arc of the ramparts leading to Cairn Pat Radio Station. An OS Trig Point c. 20 yards N of the antenna is the only other feature within the enclosure. Canmore ID 60559 provides a fuller description of Cairn Pat Hillfort.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
2.1km WNW 294° Craigenlee Fell E* Cairn (NX02495728)
2.4km WNW 288° Craigenlee Fell W* Cairn (NX02155717)
2.5km SE 136° St Catherine's Well (Eldrickhill) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NX06125442)
4.3km SSW 201° Knockinaam Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NX02695242)
4.5km W 276° Balmannoch Stone Circle (NX0057)
4.7km W 261° St Kain's Well (Dunskey Glen) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NW997558)
4.8km NNE 16° Stranraer Museum* Museum (NX0594960839)
4.8km WNW 286° Knock and Maize* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NW9983057873)
4.8km WSW 240° St Patrick's Well (Portpatrick) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NX00105411)
4.9km NNE 12° St John's Well (Stranraer) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NX05646106)
5.7km NE 55° Galla Hill* Misc. Earthwork (NX09205941)
6.1km W 276° Killantringan Bay* Stone Fort or Dun (NW98365719)
6.8km WNW 297° Culdees Holy Well (Knockaldie) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NW985597)
7.1km E 81° Inch Cursus Cursus (NX11505710)
7.2km E 81° Inch Cursus Cursus (NX11555716)
7.7km SSE 161° Whirlpool* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NX06624898)
8.2km SSE 161° Mid Float E* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NX06804851)
8.2km SSE 162° Mid Float W* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (NX06584844)
8.5km NE 53° Black Loch Crannog* Crannog (NX11396118)
8.7km ENE 59° Cults Loch* Crannog (NX12066047)
8.7km SSE 153° Kirkmadrine Church Stones* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (NX0801448389)
8.8km SSE 149° Cairnweil standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NX0863748556)
9.0km NNW 334° Tor of Craigoch* Hillfort (NX00856464)
9.5km N 351° St Mary's Well (Kilmorie Chapel) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NX03286578)
9.5km NNE 33° Teroy Fort* Broch or Nuraghe (NX0992364108)
View more nearby sites and additional images