Megalithic Portal: Latest from Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Whithorn Museum

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:04:59 GMT

]]>Funding to Whithorn Priory Museum cut such that it may have to close at the end of July - petition created. Museum in Dumfries and Galloway. For hundreds of years, pilgrims heading to Whithorn crossed a landscape dotted with ancient churches and ornately carved stone crosses. Such sculpted stones included grave markers of early Christians who lived through the centuries of conflict after the collapse of Roman authority.

Napper's Cottage Cairn

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:40:23 GMT

]]>. This cairn is marked on OS maps just south west of Drunnandow chambered cairn. I have called it Napper's Cottage as that is nearby, to avoid confusion with other Drunnandow sites.

Barhapple Crannogs

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:31:28 GMT

]]>. Crannog in Dumfries and Galloway A crannog, or possibly more than one, was found when the loch was drained in 1878. It was excavated in 1880 and again in 1884.

Dowalton Crannogs

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:53:11 GMT

]]>. Crannog in Dumfries and Galloway

Chapman's Stone

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:36:47 GMT

. Standing Stone in Dumfries and Galloway

Whirlpool

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:40:08 GMT

. Standing Stone (Menhir) in Dumfries and Galloway

Glenquicken Stone

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:18:31 GMT

. Standing Stone (Menhir) in Dumfries and Galloway

Park of Tongland Marked Stone

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:24:01 GMT

. Rock Art in Dumfries and Galloway

Gilnochie Tower rock art

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:07:48 GMT

]]>. Rock Art in Dumfries and Galloway

Lochbrow Prehistoric Landscape

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:30:36 GMT

]]>Volunteers needed for survey at Lochbrow near Dumfries - the hidden archaeology of a prehistoric landscape - from Mon 24th Sept. Nothing survives above ground at Lochbrow, near Johnstonebridge, Lockerbie to suggest the complex prehistoric landscape that has been hinted at by aerial photos.