<< Our Photo Pages >> Kirkdale Burn - Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kirkdale BurnCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Map Ref: NX5198354134
Latitude: 54.860033N Longitude: 4.307552W
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 |
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SolarMegalith visited on 7th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
A 1.7m high cairn located on the western side of Kirkdale Burn. It is partly disturbed, especially in the central part.
Kirkdale Burn at Scotlands Places.
More from SumDoood:
Park in the three vehicle car park W of Cairnholy 1. Walk NE along the track and at the first gate on the right after Cairnholy 1 and before Cairn Holy 2, enter the field. If it has not turned over to arable, then this field is likely to be the home of a large, docile, black bull.
Through another gate in that field enter the next field to the north. (Before you do that, you'll have noticed on your right down the slope a pile of stones which perhaps once was a cairn, but is more likely to be the result of relatively recent field clearance.
A gently curving track, which feels as if it might be an ancient route, leads north through what has the appearance of an ancient quarry, i.e. large rocks abound, some landfast, and some, being propped on smaller stones, definitely not. They include two main types, shaley ones which seems almost to have been snapped away from their place of origin leaving straight ends, and others with scalloped depressions. (Both types are very noticeable in the facade at Cairnholy 1).
Within this 2nd field Kirkdale Burn will become increasingly obvious, as will the large area to the south of it which is apparently built up and levelled.
Canmore ID 63757 which adds: "This cairn stands on a terrace above the W bank of the Kirkdale Burn, 140m ENE of Cairnholy farmsteading, in a situation which provides an open outlook to the SW. It measures 14.5m in diameter and 1.7m in height, but it has suffered considerable disturbance: the centre has been dug out and it has been clipped around the edge by ploughing."
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