<< Our Photo Pages >> Newton Cairn - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Newton Cairn Alternative Name: Standing Stones of NewtonCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Cardoness Nearest Village: Mossyard
Map Ref: NX55065256 Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.846800N Longitude: 4.258865W
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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SumDoood visited on 21st Dec 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Worth a look, but modern agriculture has done the site no favours.
For more information about this Neolithic Chambered Cairn see Canmore ID 63693 which records: "(There are) four monoliths in a field 1/2 mile SW of Newton are all that remains of the burial chamber of a Clyde-type (J G Scott 1969) unclassified (A S Henshall 1972) cairn. They enclose an area 7' by 3' oriented ENE-WSW. The stones at the ENE have been set 2'2" apart, but the S Stone now leans inwards. The N stone is 4'5" high and the S stone 5' high. Between these is a slab 1'3" high, set on its long side. At the WSW end, the N stone is 5'3" high but the S stone 6'9" in total height, has fallen to rest at an angle of 45 diametrically across the enclosure. A stone 3' by 1' just above ground level formed the WSW end of the enclosure and still remained in 1954 but has since been removed. A stone lying between the pillar-stones on the NNW side is probably not in situ. Formerly it seems to have lain in the centre of the enclosure."
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