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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Benlaight NorthCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Glenluce
Map Ref: NX21196112
Latitude: 54.912680N Longitude: 4.791047W
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 20th Mar 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Benlaight North Cairn is a probable small cairn in moorland c. 2 miles N of Glenluce. It is almost entirely robbed out. It is easily visited along with Benlaight South Cairn and Ballach-a-Heathry Cairn. Three for the price of one is always good value!
Benlaight North Cairn is an oval green spot in brown moorland at NX 21190 61119. It measures c. 20 feet E-W and 15 feet N-S up to a height of c. 1 foot in the centre. Small earth-set stones protrude from the centre. It is probably a robbed out small cairn.
There is a cairn c. 25 yards W at NX 21170 61117 on a W facing slope. The shape is irregular and there are scattered small stones in the centre indicating that it could be a clearance cairn.
Canmore ID 62411 has an account of some low cairns and hut circles in this area.
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