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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kilhern SE - Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by markj99 on Saturday, 26 June 2021  Page Views: 379

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kilhern SE Alternative Name: Kilhern 2
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Stranraer  Nearest Village: New Luce
Map Ref: NX20266396
Latitude: 54.937836N  Longitude: 4.807312W
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
2 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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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
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3 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
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markj99 visited on 22nd Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The ruin of Kilhern Farm is on the Southern Upland Way. Follow the dry stane dyke on the N flank of the farm c. 200 yards up a slope then follow the dyke SE for c. 100 yards to reach the stony cairn. It is best visited in Autumn to Spring in low vegetation.

Kilhern SE
Kilhern SE submitted by markj99 : Kilhern SE Cairn viewed from SE. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Dumfries and Galloway

Kilhern SE lies c. 250 yards NE of Kilhern Farm Ruin on the Southern Upland Way (SUW). According to Canmore ID 138720 it is an extensively robbed long cairn with remains of a superimposed round cairn on the NE of the cairn. Kilhern SE long cairn measures c. 20 yards on the long NE-SW Axis. The stony NE end is c. 10 yards wide and the robbed-out grassy SW end is c. 5 yards wide giving the cairn an asymmetrical oval shape. The stones on the NE end are small to medium sized, irregularly shaped with no discernible structures. They are encrusted with a patina of white lichen giving the cairn an ancient aspect.

Caves of Kilhern Long Cairn is located c. 700 yards NW of Kilhern SE. This more famous cairn is signposted off the SUW. It is c. 250 yards SW along a drystane dyke from a gateway at NX 19684 64215 on the path. The wooden sign is in the SE lee of the wall after you have walked through the gateway so it is easily missed.

The Kilhern cairns share the same NE-SW orientation, however, Caves of Kilhern has three impressive chambers preserved whereas Kilhern SE has no visible structural remains.
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Kilhern SE
Kilhern SE submitted by markj99 : SW End of Kilhern SE Cairn viewed from NE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kilhern SE
Kilhern SE submitted by markj99 : NW Side of Kilhern SE Cairn viewed from NE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kilhern SE
Kilhern SE submitted by markj99 : SE Side of Kilhern SE Cairn viewed from NE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kilhern SE
Kilhern SE submitted by markj99 : NE End of Kilhern SE Cairn viewed from SW. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kilhern SE
Kilhern SE submitted by markj99 : Kilhern SE Cairn viewed from SW. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kilhern SE
Kilhern SE submitted by markj99 : Kilhern SE Cairn viewed from NE.

Kilhern SE
Kilhern SE submitted by markj99 : Kilhern SE Cairn viewed from NW

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Re: Directions to Kilhern SE by markj99 on Saturday, 26 June 2021
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Directions: At the S edge of New Luce, beside the church, take the un-signposted turn up the hill. Stay on this narrow lane for c. 1 mile until you reach the sign for the Southern Upland Way (SUW) pointing up into the moorland. There is room to park here. Follow the path to reach a latched gate. After c. 200 yards uphill parallel to the wood you will reach a SUW post beside the wood. (There is a stone 70 yards up from this post c. 10 yards E of the wood edge with a large deep cup (6x4x4.5 inches) and a smooth grooved depression (c. 8x4x1 inches) at NX 19403 64651).
Continue along the SUW for c. 0.5 mile to reach a gateway in a dry stane dyke at NX 19683 64213. There is a wooden sign in the SE lee of the dry stane dyke pointing up to Caves of Kilhern 200m. To reach Kilhern SE continue along the SUW for c. 650 yards to the edge of Kilhern ruined farm. Turn L just before the entrance to the farm following the line of the enclosure uphill N for c. 100 yards. A farm track heading NE starts here. Follow it for c. 120 yards to reach Kilhern SE Long Cairn.
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