<< Our Photo Pages >> Pumplaburn - Cairn in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: PumplaburnCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Moffat Nearest Village: Johnstonebridge
Map Ref: NY11869644
Latitude: 55.254228N Longitude: 3.388197W
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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Anne T saw from a distance on 4th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Pumplaburn Cairns: Making our way back towards Annandale Water, we went under the smallest railway bridge we’d ever travelled under – 7ft tall and 7ft wide! We didn’t find these cairns, despite wandering up and down the road. Looks like they may have been buried by the large hardstanding for tractors next to Pumplaburn Steading. From plotting the ngrs on UK Grid Reference Finder, the cairn at NY 1191 9650 may still be there, but we only saw it from a distance.
These cairns, recorded as Canmore ID 89727 are located at NY 1186 9644 and NY 1191 9650 near Pumplaburn Steading, just off the eastern side of the public road.
Whilst the site appears to be pasture on aerial photographs, there is a recently constructed large hardstanding area for heavy farm machinery in most of the field in which these cairns are located. The cairn at NY 1186 9644 appears to be obscured by the 1m high gravelled area; the second cairn at NY 1191 9650 may still be there. We looked very closely from the road but were unable to see any mounds; with the farm machinery in use, we didn't venture closer.
Canmore says: "A cairn (at NY 1186 9644) measuring about 20m in diameter and 0.5m in height is situated in pasture immediately E of the public road a short distance N of Pumplaburn steading … A second cairn (at NY 1191 9650 measuring 14m in diameter and 0.3m in height) is situated 55m to the NE".
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