<< Our Photo Pages >> Culroy Farm Cairn - Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Culroy Farm CairnCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Glenluce
Map Ref: NX25165383
Latitude: 54.848649N Longitude: 4.72477W
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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Culroy Farm Cairn lies around 300 yards SE of Culroy Farm. It is a grassy mound around 4 feet high and 60 feet in diameter. There are many scattered rocks on the flattened plateau of the cairn. It is listed as Canmore ID 62231.
Canmore tells us this is a "partially grass covered cairn 22.0m east-west by 19.0m north-south and 1.7m high".
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