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Submitted by Cosmic on Sunday, 03 April 2022  Page Views: 13842

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Caves of Kilhern
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Glenluce  Nearest Village: New Luce
Map Ref: NX19846441  Landranger Map Number: 82
Latitude: 54.941724N  Longitude: 4.814141W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
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
 5

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drolaf visited on 30th Mar 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 similar burial cairn to Mid Gleniron 1 with cists NE NW SE and SW. in an enclosed valley, with only far views to hills to the NE. Built on a (probable) drumlin/glacial hillock, of which there are several in the area.

markj99 visited on 22nd Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 The Caves of Kilhern Chambered Cairn is accessed via the Southern Upland Way path. A short detour from the path is signed. The Long Cairn has four exposed chambers making a detour from the SUW essential.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by drolaf : SW cist (Vote or comment on this photo)
This chambered long cairn has been much robbed and disturbed according to Canmore. There are four chambers, two axial and two lateral, each opening on to different sides of the cairn.

Canmore ID 61586.

Their report from 1986 records the cairn as "stand(ing) on the SE side of a wall 550m NNW of Kilhern. Measuring 33.5m in length by up to 1.5m in height, it ranges from 20.7m in breadth at the ENE end to 12.2m at the WNW. There are four chambers, two axial and two lateral, each opening on to different sides of the cairn; only one (on the E) retains a capstone. The only other visible feature is an upright slab 3.5m E of the W axial chamber."

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Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by cosmic : One of the Chambers (Vote or comment on this photo)

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by drolaf : NE cist from the SE showing capstone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by cosmic : Chamber from South (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Caves of Kilhern submitted by drolaf : NW cist showing large side stone 4x4 feet above ground (Vote or comment on this photo)

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by rogerkread : The main 'cave', on a wild April day.

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by drolaf : NE cist from S showing large end stone

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by rogerkread : Another view.

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by rogerkread : View down the length of the cairn.

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by cosmic : Another view of Cist (1 comment)

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by cosmic : Cist at Caves of Kilhern (2 comments)

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by cosmic

Caves of Kilhern
Caves of Kilhern submitted by cosmic : Covered chamber

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Re: Caves of Kilhern by drolaf on Sunday, 03 April 2022
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yes it is easy to find if you stick to the Southern upland way. It is similar in size and layout to Mid gleniron 1. Again, some of the stones are sizeable. The capstone on NE the cist is 3x5 foot by a foot thick. Those of the NW cist are 5 foot long and 4x4 foot with more below ground level.
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Re: Caves of Kilhern by cosmic on Monday, 11 October 2004
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Condition:4
Ambience:4
Access:2
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Re: Caves of Kilhern by cosmic on Sunday, 10 October 2004
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This Chambered Cairn lies just off the Southern Upland Way near New Luce. There are several chambers/cist visble in various stages of having been opened.
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    Re: Caves of Kilhern by drolaf on Wednesday, 22 July 2020
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    Southern upland way? boggy wilderness! it looked so easy on the map, but i should have looked at the carnmore maps before i went. I shall have another go if we get a dry August.
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