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Cairnholy 14
Date Added: 17th Jun 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cairnholy 14 submitted by markj99 on 11th Apr 2025. S Cup Carvings on Cairnholy 14 Cup Carved Panel (20p Coins for Scale).
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Log Text: Cairnholy 14 Carved Panel is c. 3 feet E of Cairnholy 4 in the NE corner of the outcrop. It contains 2 cup carvings several inches E of 2 natural depressions in the S Half of the panel.
Cairnholy 15
Date Added: 17th Jun 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cairnholy 15 submitted by markj99 on 13th Jun 2025. Cairnholy 15 Carved Panel viewed from ENE.
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Log Text: Cairnholy 15 Carved Panel is probably the the least impressive of all the panels on this rocky outcrop, however an eroded cup and ring marking and a shallow cup carving obscured by white lichen can be found on panel, c. 6 feet SE of Cairnholy 13 at the SE foot of the knoll.
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.
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 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 4
Date Added: 17th Jun 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 one of the most obvious of all the rock art on this rocky knoll adjacent to the W stone wall of a large field c. 0.5 mile N of Cairnholy Farm. It is c. 130 yards SW of a natural knoll in the centre of the field.
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.
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 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.
Cairnholy 8
Date Added: 17th Jun 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cairnholy 8 submitted by markj99 on 12th Jun 2025. Cairnholy 8 Carved Stone viewed from SSE.
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Log Text: Cairnholy 8 Carved Stone is located in the centre of a large grass field c. 0.5 mile N of Cairnholy Farm. There are only 2 small eroded. cup carvings on the flat N half of the top of the stone. Directions are included in the main page.
Cairnholy 9
Date Added: 17th Jun 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cairnholy 9 submitted by SolarMegalith on 13th Sep 2013. Cluster of simple cup-marks on Cairnholy 9 panel (photo taken on September 2013).
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Log Text: Cairnholy 9 Carved Panel is one of the easiest Cairnholy Rock Art sites to find due to its location under a hawthorn tree in rough pasture. A cluster of cups are carved on top of a rounded stone embedded in turf.
Access to the panel can be restricted by aggressive beef cattle in the vicinity.
Cairnhouse E
Date Added: 22nd Oct 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cairnhouse E submitted by markj99 on 12th Aug 2023. Cairnhouse E Cairn viewed from south.
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Log Text: Directions to Cairnhouse E Cairn: Take the A714 Wigtown road from the A75 roundabout at Newton Stewart. Stay on the road for c. 3.9 miles to an unsigned turn off to Cairnhouse Farm. Bear right onto the single track lane to Cairnhouse farm. Travel c. 500 yards down the farm lane to a lay-by at NX 4187 5828. Walk c. 175 yards S towards Cairnhouse Farm on the margin of the field. The mound is located to the rear of the farmhouse enclosed by a stone wall. My route is viewable on Cairnhouse E Cairn.
Cairnhouse W
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cairnhouse W submitted by markj99 on 12th Aug 2023. Centre of Cairnhouse W Cairn viewed from south.
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Log Text: It is tricky to exactly define my route to Cairnhouse W Cairn. I parked in a lay-by at NX 41787 57920. I walked W across the field to a track running SW on the other side of the stone wall. Follow this track to the cairn.
Cairnpapple Hill
Date Added: 25th Apr 2023
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Scotland (West Lothian)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cairnpapple Hill submitted by Anne T on 21st May 2017. View of the north side of the cairn, looking back towards the visitor centre and mast behind.
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Log Text: On approach there are so many features in Cairnpapple Hill Cairn it is hard to get your head around. After walking round for 30 minutes I managed to get a mental map of the phases of construction. The restoration may seem excessive to some but at least the concrete dome allows safe access to the central cists. It is currently £7.50 to visit during opening hours but I did spend a solitary hour investigating the many facets of the cairn.
Cairnsmore of Fleet
Date Added: 4th Nov 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Cairnsmore of Fleet submitted by markj99 on 13th Jul 2023. Cairnsmore of Fleet Summit Cairn viewed from the east.
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Log Text: Travel E along the A75 for c. 3 miles from the roundabout at Newton Stewart. to reach the Kirroughtree /Palnure junction. Continue E for c. 0.4 mile to an unsigned left turn. Follow this narrow lane for c. 0.4 mile to reach Cairnsmore Estate. Bear left for c. 0.2 miles to a right turn into Graddoch Bridge Parking Lane. Walk to the end of the lane, turn right and follow the signs for Cairnmore of Fleet. The walk is a 10 mile ascent and descent of Cairnsmore of Fleet taking in three cairns. My route is viewable on Cairnsmore of Fleet Cairns.
Cairnwhapple Stone
Date Added: 7th Oct 2022
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Scotland (South Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jul 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cairnwhapple Stone submitted by markj99 on 7th Oct 2022. Cairnwhapple Stone viewed from E.
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Log Text: The route to Cairnwhapple Stone is mainly on a forest track with the last 150 yards through the forest so a GPS device is necessary to locate this stone. My route can be seen on Cairnwhapple Stone.
Callanish 15
Date Added: 14th Apr 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 15 submitted by markj99 on 8th Apr 2019. Callanish 15, a recumbent standing stone.
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Log Text: I didn't find any rolling stones (I didn't write the description of this site: I inherited it) but I did find a candidate for a recumbent standing stone on the hillside at NB 17754 34588.
Callanish 2
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 3 submitted by jayney on 16th Jul 2003. Solstice 2001
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Log Text: There is a charming simplicity to Callanish II in comparison to its complicated neighbour.
Callanish 3
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 3 submitted by Andy B on 13th Nov 2022. Bruce Adams, one of our members since 2012, sadly died last month - he had motor neurone disease. Bruce wrote: "Over the years I have assembled albums recording my visits to stone circles and related sites. I would very much like to pass these on to someone who will appreciate them. I am not asking for payment and only have a desire to see them go to a good home. I would rather not see them broken up and dispersed."
I am currently looking after Bruce's albums and will be sharing some of the...
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Log Text: The variety of sites in the Callanish landscape is a delight. Callanish 3 is a complex stone circle, open to interpretation.
Callanish 4
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Callanish 4 submitted by LivingRocks on 30th Jul 2005. Solstice eve, June 2005.
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Log Text: For some unknown reason I prefer the simplicity of a small stone circle round a cairn to the complex arrangement of stones at Callanish I. Additionally, there is a greater satisfaction in a solitary visit to Callanish IV.