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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairnholy 2 Alternative Name: Cairnholy North, Cairnholy II, Carnholy II; Caldus's TombCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Gatehouse of Fleet Nearest Village: Creetown
Map Ref: NX5182054045 Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.859185N Longitude: 4.310043W
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 |
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Greengirl visited on 20th Mar 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 I was meant to visit Stonehenge on Equinox and had everything booked. However, Coronavirus changed my plans and I went to Cairnholy instead, a good choice on a sunny day. Only other visitors were "Cairnholy Joe" and his friend, who were very informative about the stones and their shadows.
emerald visited on 21st Dec 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Amazing place, felt very drawn here. Cairnholy was the inspiration for my visit to D & G
SandyG visited on 6th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Anne T visited on 19th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Cairn Holy 2, Dumfries and Galloway: From Cairn Holy 1, there is a gate in the stone wall leading up to this monument. In the field to the left of this footpath there is the remains of another possible cairn.
I found Cairn Holy 2 more atmospheric that Cairn Holy 1, but the ambience was spoiled by the close proximity of a bungalow and farm buildings (but what a view to have outside your lounge window!).
A smaller, only slightly less spectacular than Pentre Ifan, it is on steeper ground than Cairn Holy 2. The cap stone has two modern holes drilled in, presumably to lift it back into place.
With it now being late afternoon and a hint of dusk starting to fall, we wanted to go onto Anwoth to find the Holy Well and visit Trusty’s Hill.
In the hour we spent at Cairn Holy 1 and 2 we only saw one other couple walking a dog. Almost as quiet and empty as Northumberland!
SolarMegalith visited on 7th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
graemefield visited on 27th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Runemage visited on 29th Aug 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Richard13 visited on 1st Mar 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
jeffrep visited on 19th Oct 2006 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
ladydi45 visited on 7th Jun 2000 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 4
Gongoozler visited - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 4
drolaf DrewParsons AngieLake nicoladidsbury kelpie coin have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.3 Ambience: 4.3 Access: 4.18
Further information can be found on Canmore ID 63705 which tells us: "this Clyde-type chambered cairn, the one from which the farm takes its name, is traditionally the tomb of Caldus, the mythical Scottish King. Its outline is roughly oblong, measuring 70' x 40' and it is nowhere more than 2' high. The dunuded bipartite chamber is at the NE end of the cairn, measuring 18' long, including a pair of portal stones, there was also a very shallow v-shaped forecourt. Excavated by Piggott and Powell, the rear chamber had been previously robbed, and the other disturbed, but a leaf-shaped arrowhead and a flint knife of Arran-type came from the filling, along with secondary sherds of Beaker pottery, the finds are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland."
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