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<< Our Photo Pages >> Culroy White Cairn - Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by markj99 on Sunday, 21 October 2018  Page Views: 1077

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Culroy White Cairn
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Stranraer  Nearest Village: Glenluce
Map Ref: NX25285435
Latitude: 54.853359N  Longitude: 4.723218W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Anne T visited on 18th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Culroy White Cairn: The intention was to drive down this minor road, stopping to photograph three cairns to the south of the road on our way to Crouse. However, the road was very, very narrow with no marked passing places (just field entrances and the occasional driveway) and the stone walls were too tall to see over. All we could see in the end was one of these cairns and we could find no entrance/gate into the field, wo we contented ourselves with photographing the ones we could find. We drove to where the minor road forks, just to the north west of a farm called Culroy. Taking the northern (left hand) fork, we parked on the short grass. This cairn is at the end of a quarried knoll, and not really obvious until you get up close to it, when the piles of white stones are clearly different from the quarried area around it. We visited just after a period of dry weather; the ground in front of the cairn was covered in marsh grass, some areas still with small puddles, so wellies would be recommended after a rainy day or two (although you can always approach from the north if needed).

Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by markj99 : Culroy White Cairn as seen from the road (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Dumfries and Galloway

Visited 14.10.18
Turn onto the A747 Port William road from the A75 at Glenluce. Take the first L for Whitefield Loch after around 1.5 miles. This is a narrow lane with few passing places! Continue past the loch until you reach a Y junction at Culroy farm after around 2 miles. The White Cairn lies 50 yards N of the Y junction, in the moorland. Retrace you route to return as this is a dead end.

I expected to see a gleaming white cairn from a distance. The reality was somewhat different. I found the cairn more by GPS than sight.
The cairn is constructed of white stones however it is hidden under vegetation and the centre has been robbed out. A horseshoe wall structure is all that remains.

"A large cairn, which, at the date of visit, was being broken up for road metal. One half had already been removed and the remainder lay ready for removal. It was about 45' in diameter and no cist was exposed."
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911

The quote is an extract from Canmore ID 62210 explaining the sad demise of this cairn.
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Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by Anne T : A stitch of three photographs taken across the southern side of the cairn, showing how robbed out the cairn has been. The western side is considerably lower than the rest of the cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by markj99 : Culroy White Cairn with Knock Fell on the horizon. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by Anne T : The interior of the cairn, from its southern side. Whoever robbed this cairn certainly took a large amount of stone out of the middle of it. Canmore tells us the cairn measures 15.0m in diameter and stands 2.0m above the surrounding ground surface. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by Anne T : The cairn just from its north western side, showing how steeply the ground drops away. The cairn lies at the end of a rocky ridge, which looks like it has been quarried in parts. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by Anne T : The cairn from its western end, showing where the majority of stones have been robbed from the south western side and centre of the cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by Anne T : Getting closer, the pile of stones making up the southern side of the cairn becomes more obvious. Underneath the lichen, the stones are quite white.

Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by Anne T : At first, I couldn't see the cairn, but walking northwards towards it, a pile of smaller stones comes into view.

Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by markj99 : Robbed out interior of Culroy White Cairn

Culroy White Cairn
Culroy White Cairn submitted by markj99 : Culroy White Cairn structure

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