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<< Our Photo Pages >> Auld Wife's Grave - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Auld Wife's Grave Alternative Name: 'A Rock Called The Witche's Grave'
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Stranraer  Nearest Village: New Luce
Map Ref: NX13536498  Landranger Map Number: 82
Latitude: 54.944520N  Longitude: 4.912882W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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markj99 visited on 6th Nov 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 1 Auld Wife's Grave is difficult to find in open moorland. However, if you can get to Cairnscarrow Trig Point at NX 13626 64802 there is a clear path bearing NNW from here. Follow it for c. 200m straight to Auld Wife's Grave.

Auld Wife's Grave
Auld Wife's Grave submitted by markj99 : Approaching the Auld Wife's Grave (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Dumfries & Galloway

This site is recorded as Canmore ID 61688, the latest entry of which says: "The remains of what is probably a chambered cairn are situated 200m NNW of the OS Triangulation Station on the summit of Cairnscarrow. The cairn measures about 9m in diameter, but has been reduced to maximum of 0.6m in height. The chamber, which is aligned from NE to SW appears to have been created from a natural rock formation. The NW side is probably a rock outcrop, measuring 3.8m in length by between 0.5m and 1.1m in thickness and 0.65m and 0.9m in height. The slab forming the SE side, which measures 2.4m by 0.5m and up to 0.7m in height, may have been split off the rock outcrop, the resulting chamber tapering from 0.6m in breadth at the top to between 0.3m and 0.4m at the bottom. The NE end of the chamber, which lies about 2.4m within the edge of the cairn, is formed by a slab measuring 1.3m by 0.3m and 0.65m in height."
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Auld Wife's Grave
Auld Wife's Grave submitted by markj99 : Inside the Auld Wife's Grave (Vote or comment on this photo)

Auld Wife's Grave
Auld Wife's Grave submitted by markj99 : Auld Wife's Grave (Vote or comment on this photo)

Auld Wife's Grave
Auld Wife's Grave submitted by markj99 : Glentirrow Cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NX1364 : Fence & drystane dyke on Cairnscarrow by Leslie Barrie
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NX1364 : Trig point on Cairnscarrow by Leslie Barrie
by Leslie Barrie
©2012(licence)
NX1365 : Fence & drystane dyke NW of Cairnscarrow by Leslie Barrie
by Leslie Barrie
©2012(licence)
NX1365 : Moorland NW of Cairnscarrow by Leslie Barrie
by Leslie Barrie
©2012(licence)
NX1464 : Moorland to the north of Auchmantle Fell by David Baird
by David Baird
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Re: Directions to Auld Wife's Grave by markj99 on Saturday, 17 April 2021
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I have revised the bearing of Auld Wife's Grave to Cairnscarrow Trig Point from N to NNW on closer inspection:
Visited 06.11.11 I parked at the Auchmantle farm on the minor road from Castle Kennedy to New Luce. The Glentirrow Stones are 500m W of this location. I headed N from Glentirrow Stones over bleak moorland towards a distant stone cairn. The summit of Cairnharrow lies 1.5k NW of the cairn over rough ground. Cairnscarrow Trig Point is at NX 13626 64802. There is a clear path bearing NNW from here. Follow it for c. 200m straight to Auld Wife's Grave. The OS position is NX 1355 6497 on the Landranger map. Retrace your path to return. This is a walk for a good dry day because of visibility and going underfoot. The total distance covered was around 8km (5 miles).
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Re: Auld Wife's Grave by markj99 on Wednesday, 12 September 2018
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Visited 06.11.11 I parked at the Auchmantle farm on the minor road from Castle Kennedy to New Luce. The Glentirrow Stones are 500m W of this location. I headed N from Glentirrow Stones over bleak moorland towards a distant stone cairn. The summit of Cairnharrow lies 1.5k NW of the cairn over rough ground. Auld Wife's Grave is approximately 200m N of the Trig point. The OS position is NX 1355 6497 on the Landranger map. Retrace your path to return. This is a walk for a good dry day because of visibility and going underfoot. The total distance covered was around 8km (5miles).
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Re: Auld Wife's Grave by Anonymous on Sunday, 08 May 2005
WILL TROY FORT AT CRAIGCAFFIE BE EXCAVATED AT SOME FUTURE DATE..TO THE SOUTH OF TROY FORT NEAR TO THE CARAVAN PARK IS A NORMAN MOUND AND WHAT WAS ONCER A VILLAGE... APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE N.WEST OF CRAIGCAFFIE COTTAGE THERE IS A CARVED BOULDER WITH THE NAMES AND DATES OF THE MEN WHO WORKED THE QUARRY...JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED..I OWNED THE PROPERTY FELL COTTAGE UP UNTIL JAN 05..AND EXPLORED THE AREA AROUND THE FELL MOORE...
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