<< Our Photo Pages >> Long Tom (Cairnryan) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Long Tom (Cairnryan)Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Cairnryan
Map Ref: NX08167183
Latitude: 55.003955N Longitude: 5.001183W
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 25th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 1 The desirability of an antiquity is proportional to the difficulty in reaching it. I seem to follow this principle in my expeditions. By that measure Stonehenge is not worth the effort but Long Tom (Cairnryan) is a must visit. This may seem like twisted logic however millions of people have visited Stonehenge and maybe 10 people have actively searched for Long Tom (Cairnryan). PS I have also visited Stonehenge.
It is accessed by a 4 mile walk from Cairnryan to the forestry above. The first 3.5 miles are by forest road but the last 0.5 miles are by forest lanes and firebreaks. It is the very definition of "in the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find". I used a GPS to get there and would consider it a necessity.
Long Tom is situated in a clearing. It is a 6 foot pointed menhir, in splendid isolation.
It is listed under Canmore ID 60886 for further information.
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