<< Our Photo Pages >> Craigencroy - Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Craigencroy Alternative Name: West RinguineaCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Sandhead
Map Ref: NX07064711
Latitude: 54.781695N Longitude: 5.001799W
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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markj99 visited on 11th Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Craigencroy Cairn is accessed via Kilmuir farm track which extends NW into the SE corner of a field. Head N up the slope for 330 yards towards a gateway. The cairn is c. 25 yards NW of the gateway in the field boundary.
Craigencroy Cairn is a round cairn located c. 2 miles SW of Sandhead, a village in Dumfries and Galloway. It has been bisected by a field boundary on the NW-SE Axis. The NE half of the cairn has been ploughed out to ground level, leaving the SW half measuring c. 6 feet high, 16 yards long and 8 yards wide. The SW half of Craigencroy Cairn, covered by gorse bushes, has been incorporated into the field boundary. A full description of Craigencroy Cairn is available in Canmore ID 60474 .
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