<< Our Photo Pages >> Rorie Gill - Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rorie Gill Alternative Name: DrannandowCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Newton Stewart Nearest Village: Minnigaff
Map Ref: NX40797117
Latitude: 55.009541N Longitude: 4.491199W
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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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. It was clearly once a large round cairn but has had many of the stones moved, perhaps to aid with livestock in some way. Towards the centre is a cist-like feature covered by a flat stone (see photo), but it is doubtful that that is original.
Update July 2017: Canmore names this cairn Rorie Gill Cairn, so the page name has been changed to reflect this. See Canmore ID 63582. A visit report from 1976 reads: "The remains of a cairn measuring 14.0m in diameter and 1.0m high. The centre has been completely removed leaving a level interior 8.0m in diameter, in which there is a cist 1.1m by 0.8m by 0.6m high. In the S side of the cairn is a stone-filled depression that may have contained a second cist."
The Drannandow Chambered cairn, just north east of Napper's Cottage is at NX 4083 7135.
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