<< Our Photo Pages >> Boreland - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BorelandCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Newton Stewart Nearest Village: Boreland
Map Ref: NX40576900 Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.989989N Longitude: 4.493426W
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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Couplands visited on 21st Apr 2025 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2
markj99 visited on 19th Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Boreland Cairn features on a path round Knockman Wood located to the N of Minigaff. Despite its relative isolation the cairn was being robbed until 1882 when it was protected. The cairn is best visited in Spring or Autumn to avoid the ferns.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 5 Access: 2.5
This relatively untouched Neolithic horned long cairn lies in the woods north of Newton Stewart.
For more information see Canmore ID 63450 which describes this site as: "A horned long cairn, possibly of the Clyde group, slightly robbed at each end but still an impressive, steep sided mound of bare stones 6' 6" high, 80' long SE-NW by 50' wide at the SE end tapering to 27' at NW. The facade is visible at the SE end with portal stones presumably leading to the chamber though a hollow dug behind the facade has produced no trace of one. All the cairn material has been removed from the horns but enough orthostats remains to indicate a length of about 15 ft. The cairn has had an impressive peristalith still well preserved along the SW side where the stones are mainly pointed slabs set on end. The NW and NE sides are disturbed and heaps of stones prepared for use as road metal occur at various points round the cairn obviously pre-dating 1882 when destruction of the cairn was stopped. The cairn is surmounted by a modern marker cairn."
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