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Kirkdale Burn
Date Added: 30th Mar 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Kirkdale Burn submitted by SumDoood on 23rd Mar 2016. Kirkdale Burn from the north.
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Log Text: It is all too easy to visit the Cairnholy Chambered Cairns instead of exploring the wider area. Somewhat belatedly, I decided to capture the Kirkdale Burn Cairn. This grassy mound is only a short walk from the Northern Chambered Cairn. Canmore lists multiple carved stones S of the cairn which I intend to investigate.
Cairnholy 4
Date Added: 10th Apr 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Cairnholy 4 submitted by markj99 on 10th Apr 2025. Cairnholy 4,11,12&14 Carved Panels viewed from ENE.
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Log Text: The Cup and Ring Carving on Cairnholy 4 is the most obvious of all the rock art on this rocky knoll.
Cairnholy 7
Date Added: 10th Apr 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Cairnholy 7 submitted by markj99 on 7th Apr 2025. Cairnholy 7 Cup Carved Panel viewed from SSE.
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Log Text: It is somewhat surprising that Cairnholy 7 was only discovered in 2019 given the visibilty and scale of the parallel lines of cup carvings.
Kilhern Spa Well (New Luce)
Date Added: 12th Apr 2025
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Kilhern Spa Well (New Luce) submitted by markj99 on 12th Apr 2025. Kilhern Spa Well viewed from N.
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Log Text: I visited Kilhern Spa Well after an extended dry spell. Most of the boggy areas on the moorland had dried out, however there was a waterlogged marshy area W of Kilhern Spa Well. I was probably the first visitor in a long time despite its proximity to the Southern Upland Way and the Caves of Kilhern.
Cairnholy 3
Date Added: 14th Apr 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cairnholy 3 submitted by markj99 on 6th Apr 2025. Cairnholy 3 Cup & Ring Carved Stone viewed from W.
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Log Text: Cairnholy 3 is an easy walk from Cairnholy Carpark through several grassy fields along a vague path. The large cup and ring marking is clearly visible despite erosion.
Cairnholy 6
Date Added: 14th Apr 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Cairnholy 6 submitted by sumdoood on 24th Dec 2014. I won't, of course, but I would dearly like to clean this rock the better to see the linear marks on it.
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Log Text: I approached Cairnholy 6 from the Cairnholy Carpark walking S through several grass fields. Cairnholy is located c. 140 yards ENE of Cairnholy Sheepfold in a drainage ditch running parallel to a stone wall. Cairnholy Sheepfold is located at NX 51721 54902 (///critic.jetted.nutty) in the NW corner of a grass field containing a large clearance cairn. Cairnholy 6 is located at NX 51871 54968 (///maker.blunt.downfield).
Cairnholy 1
Date Added: 14th Apr 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cairnholy 1 submitted by wolfnighthunter on 19th Nov 2008. Cairnholy 1
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Log Text: I have visited the Cairnholy Cairns so often I couldn't possibly list them so I recorded my last visit. It was only recently I took more interest in the cup markings on the N Portal stone. I resolved to visit in the soft early light. My resulting photos of the cups were the best I had captured. My pictures are available in Cairnholy 2 (Rock Art) page on TMP.
Cairnholy 2 (Rock Art)
Date Added: 14th Apr 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cairnholy 2 (Rock Art) submitted by Energyman on 30th Nov 2019. Taken at night with the aid of an off-set torch
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Log Text: I have visited the Cairnholy Cairns so often I couldn't possibly list them so I recorded my last visit. It was only recently I took more interest in the cup markings on the N Portal stone. I resolved to visit in the soft early light. My resulting photos of the cups were the best I had captured. My pictures are available in the Cairnholy 2 (Rock Art) page.
Cairnholy 2
Date Added: 14th Apr 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cairnholy 2 submitted by Greengirl on 21st Mar 2020. Cairnholy 2 with Megalithic Jess on Spring Equinox
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Log Text: I have been a frequent visitor of Cairnholy Chambered Cairns over the years: Too many times to list them so I have added my last visit. These magnificent monuments will continue to draw me back.
Capenoch
Date Added: 16th Apr 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Capenoch submitted by markj99 on 16th Apr 2025. Capenoch Loch Long Cairn viewed from N. (07.04.12)
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Log Text: When I visited I parked in the gateway. The farmer has subsequently prohibited parking at Barr Farm. My updated route can be viewed on Capenoch Loch Long Cairn.
Tor of Craigoch
Date Added: 25th Apr 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tor of Craigoch submitted by h_fenton on 14th Jan 2011. A low-level oblique kite aerial photograph from the south of the hillfort 'Tor of Craigoch' with the Agnew Monument (built 1850) at its centre.
19 September 2010
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Log Text: Tor of Craigoch Hillfort is literally in the shadow of the Agnew Monument, a stone tower erected in the W half of the enclosure on the summit of the hill. It is easy to visit from the dedicated car park SW of the hillfort.
Balneil Cairn
Date Added: 28th Apr 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2025
Balneil Cairn submitted by markj99 on 6th Apr 2025. Centre of Balneil Cairn viewed from E.
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Log Text: My cross country route is viewable on Balneil Cairn.
Cairn Buy
Date Added: 5th May 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Cairn Buy submitted by markj99 on 3rd Oct 2020. Cairn Buy viewed from S.
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Log Text: Despite its proximity to the coast Cairn Buy has a sense of isolation, on a patch of moorland with a sea view.
Cairn Kenny
Date Added: 6th May 2025
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 8th Dec 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 1
Cairn Kenny submitted by mickm on 17th Mar 2005. A view of the ravaged interior of this single-chambered Bargrennan type cairn, showing the visible remains of the chamber and passage, most of which is concealed by redeposited cairn material. The chamber is aligned west to east with the passage entered from the east. There was a peristalith of closely spaced stones around the cairn, a few of which remain visible on the northeast side. There has evidently been some antiquarian excavation and according to the RCAHMS the cairn was subject to distu...
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Log Text: Cairn Kenny is located in isolated moorland c. 2 miles from the nearest road: it is doubtful that it was worth the trouble to visit a ruined cairn.
Cairn Avel
Date Added: 6th May 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cairn Avel submitted by durhamnature on 8th Oct 2012. Photo of the cairn from "Report of Commission on Monuments...Galloway" via archive.org
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Log Text: Cairn Avel can be visited as a short detour from the route to Braidenoch Cross Slabs above Carasphairn.
Cairn Macneilie (Inch Parks)
Date Added: 23rd May 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cairn Macneilie (Inch Parks) submitted by markj99 on 20th May 2025. N Arc of Cairn Macneilie (Inch Parks).
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Log Text: Cairn Macneilie (Inch Parks) is a wooded mound on the W edge of Stair Estates. It has been colonised by mature trees on its slopes and summit. Views from the cairn are now restricted by trees but they would have been extensive before afforestation.
Bardristane 1
Date Added: 11th Jun 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 13th Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bardristane 1 submitted by markj99 on 13th May 2021. Bardristane 1 Rock Art Panel.
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Log Text: Bardristane 1 Carved Stone features several cup and ring carvings on its NNW face. There is a horizontal crack with grass sprouting from it one third from the top of the panel. The cup and ring carvings are featured in the portion of the panel below the crack. In normal daylight only one deep cup and ring are visible.
Fell of Barhullion
Date Added: 11th Jun 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Fell of Barhullion submitted by SolarMegalith on 11th Sep 2013. Fell of Barhullion hillfort - view from the south (photo taken on September 2013).
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Log Text: Fell of Barhullion Hillfort occupies the summit of the Fell of Barhullion. The ruined fort has an original entrance on the S flank and a prominent modern cairn and OS trig point on the N flank. Canmore ID 62757 suggests there was a construction of randomly positioned vertically embedded stones on the N and E flanks known as a Cheveux de Frise. Several vertical stones survive on the N flank.
Cairnholy 5
Date Added: 12th Jun 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cairnholy 5 submitted by SolarMegalith on 13th Sep 2013. Heavily eroded cup-and-ring mark on Cairnholy 5 panel (photo taken on September 2013).
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Log Text: Cairnholy 5 Carved Stone is a horizontal panel embedded in a grassy field c. 0.5 mile N of Cairnholy Farm. It is difficult to locate without accurate GPS navigation. The horizontal slab is c. 45 yards NNW of the N end of the central rocky knoll located at NX 51628 54751. There are helpful pictures and directions on the main page.
Castle O'er Fort
Date Added: 16th Jun 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 19th May 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Castle O'er Fort submitted by durhamnature on 8th Oct 2012. Photo from Report of Commission on Monuments via archive.org
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Log Text: Hillforts are one of my least favourite type of sites: it takes time and effort to investigate all the humps and hollows. Castle O'er Hillfort is no exception. I arrived at a satisfactory understanding after an hour of wandering up and down.