<< Our Photo Pages >> Scalpsie Barrow - Round Cairn in Scotland in Isle of Bute
Submitted by Anne T on Monday, 30 August 2010 Page Views: 8019
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Scalpsie BarrowCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Bute Type: Round Cairn
Map Ref: NS05955873
Latitude: 55.782826N Longitude: 5.096083W
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
Skryabin visited on 14th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Easily seen as overgrown mound - grass and whin - over stone wall at the roadside near parking place for the beach at NS 059587. It is a round cairn excavated by Bryce in 1903. (see Book of Arran).
Anne T visited on 25th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Scalpsie Barrow, Isle of Bute: We didn’t plan to stop here, but there was a car park and information board by the field alongside the A844 past Ambrismore on the way to Ardscalpsie, signposted to the beach, so we screeched to a halt to explore. The information board differentiated between the barrow and another cairn, also somewhere in the field, but the fog was so bad, we couldn’t see it, and it was very difficult to photograph the main barrow.!
Worth stopping to see. The gate into the field was about 100 metres further west along the road from the small car park. Walking back to the barrow, my feet got completely drenched. A shame the fog was so bad, as I’d have loved to have found the second cairn.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5
For more see Canmore ID 40232 which gives details of the August/September 2010 excavation by Paul Duffy and local volunteers.
See comments below for details of a cairn in the southern part of the same field.
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
474m W 259° Scalpsie Dun* Stone Fort or Dun (NS05485866)
604m NNE 20° Loch Quien Crannog* Crannog (NS06185929)
1.2km NE 42° Ambrisbeg Hill Cairn* Cairn (NS0677459579)
1.9km N 5° Bicker's Houses* Chambered Cairn (NS062606)
3.1km N 10° Loch Dhu Crannog* Crannog (NS06646176)
3.7km NW 320° St. Ninian's Bay* Standing Stones (NS037617)
4.2km SE 141° Stravanan Bay* Stone Row / Alignment (NS0846555361)
4.4km SE 131° Blackpark* Stone Circle (NS0916455666)
4.7km WNW 300° Inchmarnock Cists Cist (NS0199361233)
5.0km ENE 62° Mountstuart* Cist (NS1048360922)
5.1km NNE 14° Craigberoch* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS0745263652)
5.4km NNE 26° Townhead Neolithic Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (NS086635)
5.7km NNE 26° St Mary's Well (Rothsay)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NS0866763750)
5.9km NNW 334° Castle Cree* Hillfort (NS0356464133)
6.1km SSE 152° Dunagoil* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (NS08595322)
6.1km SSE 153° Dunagoil hillfort* Vitrified Fort (NS0847953127)
6.3km SE 144° St Blane's Well* Ancient Cross (NS0944253442)
6.3km SE 145° St Blane's Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (NS094534)
6.4km SE 144° St Blane's Chapel (Isle of Bute)* Ancient Cross (NS0949853405)
7.3km N 360° Dun Burgidale* Stone Fort or Dun (NS0627766051)
7.5km NNW 342° St Colmac's A Stone Circle (NS040660)
8.2km NNW 347° St Colmac Cottages Stone Circle* Stone Circle (NS044668)
8.2km N 354° Acholter* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS0546466961)
8.5km N 350° Colmac Bridge* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS0491367160)
8.6km NNW 348° St Colmac's Cross Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS0452167263)
View more nearby sites and additional images
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.