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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairnweil standing stone Alternative Name: South CarnweilCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Sandhead
Map Ref: NX0863748556 Landranger Map Number: 82
Latitude: 54.795276N Longitude: 4.978267W
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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Anne T visited on 17th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 South Carnweil Standing Stone: From Kirkmadrine Church, we travelled back along the road eastwards towards the A716, we stopped off to see this standing stone, by a wall, up a hill, but not quite at the top of the hill. It certainly is a big stone.
The road was narrow, so we bumped right up on the grass blocking a gated entrance to a field, ready to run back if we were causing an obstruction. After such a heavy rainstorm not half an hour before, we got quite wet walking up the hill, but it was worth it.
In some ways, this made up for not being able to see the stones at Kirkmadrine very well.
This stone is clearly visible from the road and is unremarkable. Awkward to photograph as telephone poles run close by. It is located near the Kirkmadriine Church collection of early Christianised stones. The Landranger OS Map shows a standing stone nearby on the slopes of a hill near Whirlpool. We looked hard for this stone but could not find it.
For more information see Canmore site no. 60446 which tells us the stone is "situated at the edge of a grass field about "260m ESE of of South Carnweil. it is roughly triangular in section, measuring a maximum of 1.1m by 0.7m at the base and 2.2m in height. The stone was removed prior to 1970, but was re-erected in 1973".
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