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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.
Braidenoch Cross Slabs
Date Added: 6th May 2025
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Access 2
Braidenoch Cross Slabs submitted by markj99 on 10th May 2021. Braidenoch Cross Slab I.
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Log Text: It is possible to visit Cairn Avel, a well preserved large cairn, if you go straight on at the point where Carnavel Farm paddock joins the path up the hill. Cairn Avel lies c. 300 yards E across boggy ground. Follow the drier margin round the field to avoid the bog. The walk up to the cross slabs is relatively steep but you are rewarded by two bonus cairns and scenic views.
Green House Bridge Cairn
Date Added: 20th May 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Green House Bridge Cairn submitted by markj99 on 3rd Oct 2020. Inside Green House Bridge Cairn SE cist.
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Log Text: Green House Bridge Cairn is a stepping stone to Cairn Buy on moorland NE above the Rocks of the Garheugh coastal road. Both cairns are relatively intact and worth a visit.
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.
Carlungie
Date Added: 24th May 2025
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 18th Nov 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Carlungie submitted by Nick on 5th Nov 2002. Looking ESE across the site
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Log Text: Carlungie Souterrain is easily visited via the A92. I found the site to be over-restored and lacking in atmosphere.
Carn Ban (Lochgilphead)
Date Added: 24th May 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Carn Ban (Arran) submitted by zep on 1st Jun 2007. Panorama of Carn Ban
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Log Text: Carn Ban (Lochgilphead) is a grassy mound on the S bank of the Crinan Canal on the E end of Cairnbaan. It is accessed via a forest track into Knapdale Forest which starts c. 75 yards W of the swing bridge in Cairnbaan. The cairn is unspectacular save for a large moss covered capstone on an exposed cist.
Chapel Carn Brea Tomb
Date Added: 24th May 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 6th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chapel Carn Brea Tomb submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Aug 2022. Could it once have been a bit like Carn Gloose, with a large internal cairn surrounded by a ring, with at least one chamber?
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Log Text: The short steep walk up Chapel Carn Brea is amply rewarded by panoramic views and several cairns on the summit.
Chapel Carn Brea Cairns
Date Added: 24th May 2025
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 6th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chapel Carn Brea Cairns submitted by Bladup on 19th Nov 2013. Stones of the kerb cairn at SW 38372806. It is 5.5m in diameter and is about 1.5m high on the lower, west side and 0.5m high on the east. The interior is earth filled to within 0.2m of the top of the inner kerb, of which three upright slabs can be detected. Five stones of the outer kerb can be seen.
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Log Text: The short steep walk up Chapel Carn Brea is amply rewarded by panoramic views and several cairns on the summit.
Carn Euny Village
Date Added: 25th May 2025
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Carn Euny Village submitted by AngieLake on 31st Oct 2004. This view over the Carn Euny Settlement was taken in two shots, which are cobbled together to give an idea of how it looked in March 2004. Bec-Zog's pic is similar to this.
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Log Text: Carn Euny Village is one of the best ancient settlements I have visited, second only to Skara Brae.
Carn Euny Fogou
Date Added: 25th May 2025
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Carn Euny Fogou submitted by AngieLake on 2nd Jan 2005. This shot shows the huge but low (4.5ft - 1.4m) SE-facing doorway of the Carn Euny 'Beehive Hut' underground chamber, with its own short passage leading into the fogou passage which runs SW/NE, (but snaking here with a flatter, more W/E run), just outside the doorway. It is thought that the Beehive Hut (chamber) was the first structure on this site, so that originally the eastern wall of the fogou passage would not have obstructed the view. It is possible that the sun was meant to shine down t...
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Log Text: Carn Euny is the most complete fogou I have ever visited: the round chamber is particularly impressive. If you are in the area it is a compulsory detour.
Rubha Mor
Date Added: 25th May 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Rubha Mor submitted by PeteCrane5 on 17th Feb 2024. The large oval pile of bare stones that is Rubha Mor
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Log Text: It is ironic that so many antiquarians have driven past this stony cairn crossing the Ballachulish Bridge to and from Fort William, yet so few have stopped to visit it. The cairn is not particularly impressive but it has good southern views.
Carn Glas
Date Added: 25th May 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carn Glas submitted by markj99 on 21st Dec 2020. Carn Glas (Mains of Kilcoy) SW Chamber. (2012)
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Log Text: Carn Glas (Mains of Kilcoy) is a ruined cairn which has been reduced to ground level. An exposed double chamber is located on the E Arc of the cairn, orientated ESE-WSW.
Carn Liath, Alness
Date Added: 26th May 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2012
Carn Liath, Alness submitted by markj99 on 23rd Sep 2020. Approaching Carn Liath, Alness from NE. Obsdale Road is in the background.
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Log Text: The circle of mature trees surrounding a naked cist with a massive capstone is one of my favourite sites. The trees both protect and add an air of mystery to the ancient monument.
Carn Liath (Sutherland)
Date Added: 28th May 2025
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Carn Liath (Sutherland) submitted by Alasdair105 on 22nd May 2024. 5th May 2024 - well worth a visit, still looking good!
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Log Text: I have visited this spectacular site several times in transit. It is probably one of the best preserved brochs on the Scottish Mainland.
Carn Liath (Kensaleyre)
Date Added: 28th May 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carn Liath (Kensaleyre) submitted by jeffrep on 25th Jul 2013. The Carn Liath Chambered Cairn is located in a field off the A87 just south of Kensaleyre opposite the turn off to Rhenetra on the Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland. It is the largest of a cluster of cairns here, and is easy to see from a distance, because the stones from which it is constructed are covered with such white lichen that they appear to have been painted.
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Log Text: There are two difficulties in visiting Carn Liath (Kensaleyre): the lack of parking and the lack of a path. My best compromise was to park in the Church of Scotland Car Park, walk c. 300 yards along the A87 then take a cross country route c. 650 yards WSW across rough boggy ground to Carn Liath (Kensaleyre). My walking route can be viewed on Carn Liath (Kensaleyre).
Carn Liath (Trantlemore)
Date Added: 29th May 2025
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Sutherland)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Carn Liath (Trantlemore) submitted by markj99 on 28th May 2025. Carn Liath (Trantlemore) Broch viewed from S.
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Log Text: There are many good reasons to take the A897 N out of Helmsdale: Amazing Scenery, 14 Brochs listed on TMP, 36 Sites listed on TMP and last but not least 0.95 Sites per Mile.
My favourite site is The Borg, a broch c. 1 mile S of Carn Liath (Trantlemore).
The Borg
Date Added: 29th May 2025
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Sutherland)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
The Borg submitted by h_fenton on 30th Nov 2011. The Borg (Broch), viewed from the southwest.
Kite Aerial Photograph
11 May 2011
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Log Text: The Borg Broch is c. 250 yards E of a passing place at NC 89715 50993 on the A897. Probably due to its isolation, substantial remains of the broch have been preserved.
Carn Liath (Skye)
Date Added: 30th May 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carn Liath (Skye) submitted by Andy B on 13th Apr 2010. A neolithic chambered burial cairn above the east shore of Loch Snizort. A couple of the chambers are discernible, but most of the stones have been tumbled, or plundered for dyke building.
Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: I was staying in Monkstadt for a week so I thought it would be relatively easy to visit Carn Liath (Kilmuir) located c. 1 mile N along the coast. As usual, 1 mile on the ground was a harder proposition than 1 mile on the map. The terrain was rough and boggy in places making progress slow. I was able to find the remains of the cairn on the N side of a dry stane dyke running ENE-WSW: The cairn has been bisected by the dry stane dyke. Canmore suggests that the S half of the cairn has been reduced to ground level. I observed two standing stones around 6 feet from the edge of the W Arc. They may be remnants of a peristalith.