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Baluachraig Rock Art
Date Added: 12th May 2021
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Baluachraig Rock Art submitted by caradoc68 on 18th Mar 2012. Kilmartin does it again !!!!!!!!!!
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Log Text: Even in Kilmartin Glen where one is spoiled for choice Baluachcraig Cup and Ring Marked panels are worth a visit. Easy parking plus a short walk to an ancient site rich in Rock Art: It's a no brainer!
Balnuaran of Clava SW
Date Added: 28th Apr 2025
Site Type: Clava Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Balnuaran of Clava SW submitted by Scotaviaimages on 14th Jan 2011. The Easterly cairn from the Cessna camera plane
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Log Text: This site has two strikes against it:
1) I hate sites with too many people.
2) I dislike over-restored sites.
Despite these issues the Balnuaran Clava Cairns are quite impressive if you visit out of season.
Balnuaran Of Clava NE
Date Added: 28th Apr 2025
Site Type: Clava Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Balnuaran of Clava NE submitted by blackwater on 6th Jan 2015. Winter Solstice sunset (almost, taken a couple of days after), NE passage cairn.
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Log Text: This site has two strikes against it:
1) I hate sites with too many people.
2) I dislike over-restored sites.
Despite these issues the Balnuaran Clava Cairns are quite impressive if you visit out of season.
Balnuaran of Clava Kerb Cairn
Date Added: 28th Apr 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Balnuaran of Clava Kerb Cairn submitted by Klingon on 27th Feb 2006.
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Log Text: Balnuaran of Clava Kerb Cairn is the odd one out at Balnauran: the unrestored circle of stones is small and mysterious compared to the restored large Clava Cairns around it.
Balnuaran of Clava E
Date Added: 28th Apr 2025
Site Type: Clava Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Balnuaran of Clava E submitted by Klingon on 27th Feb 2006. Remains of a destroyed cairn just across the street next to the Clava Cairns.
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Log Text: The ruinous condition of Balnuaran of Clava E Cairn is a marked contrast of the restored Clava Cairns to the W. Nevertheless, the cairn is worth a short detour. Go through the gate opposite the car park then walk S for c. 45 yards to reach the E arc of Balnuaran of Clava E Cairn. There is a prominent hawthorn tree on the SE perimeter.
Balnuaran of Clava Centre
Date Added: 28th Apr 2025
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Balnuaran of Clava Centre submitted by Klingon on 27th Feb 2006.
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Log Text: This site has two strikes against it:
1) I hate sites with too many people.
2) I dislike over-restored sites.
Despite these issues the Balnuaran Clava Cairns are quite impressive if you visit out of season.
Balnuaran of Clava (Stone)
Date Added: 28th Apr 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Balnuaran of Clava (Stone) submitted by Cosmic on 6th Jan 2004. NH758446
Standing stone to East of Balnuaran of Clava Cairns - only about two hundred yards away but not on OS Map.
Access is along a long straight country lane (from the East, West end blocked off) that was probably drive way to a big house - trees either side.
Stone itself about six feet high.
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Log Text: Canmore suggests that this standing stone is all that remains of a clava cairn. Rather than mourn the loss of a cairn, perhaps it is better to celebrate the survival of a handsome standing stone.
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.
Balnacraig Cairn Barra
Date Added: 9th May 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Barra and Vatersay)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4
Balnacraig Cairn Barra submitted by markj99 on 7th Oct 2020. Balnacraig Cairn cist looking W to Borve in the background.
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Log Text: Balnacraig Cairn is on Barra, an idyllic small island in the Outer Hebrides. Balnacraig is a ruined chambered cairn on a knoll at the foot of Grianan, a substantial hill. Balnacraig Cairn has been extensively robbed leaving all but a scatter of stones and a collapsed chamber formed by large stones. The location is perhaps more impressive than the cairn itself.
A better preserved cairn Dun Bharpa can be found c. 0.5 mile NNW. I found it convenient to visit both cairns in the same trip.
Balmalloch Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 28th Oct 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (South Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Oct 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 1
Balmalloch Chambered Cairn submitted by mickm on 9th Jan 2005. Balmalloch, Bargrennan type chambered cairn, viewed from higher ground to the south. Like many cairns of this type, it is situated on a knoll. Note also how the cairn is silhouetted against the similarly shaped Roughlea Rig to the north. The cairn is in very good condition, surviving up to 2.5m in height, with a diameter of c.17m.
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Log Text: Take the dead-end Forest Road at Blair Farm off the A714 c. 0.5 mile SE of Barrhill. Follow this narrow lane for c. 2.7 miles to Darnaconnar Farm at NX 27654 83371. There are three options from here. If you have a 4x4 you can follow the track running N from here or go by off-road bike or walk if necessary. The track is little used and overgrown in the centre. Follow the track for c. 0.8 miles to Balmalloch ruin at the end of the road. Walk NW along a path between trees for c. 120 yards to reach a forest clearing. Balmalloch Cairnfield is located c. 100 yard W from here. The area is planted with small pine trees. Balmalloch Chambered Cairn is c. 350 yards NW of this point across ditches and small trees. Make your best way towards NX 26393 84533 to reach Balmalloch Chambered Cairn.
Balmalloch Cairnfield
Date Added: 28th Oct 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Scotland (South Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Oct 2023. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 1
Balmalloch Cairnfield submitted by markj99 on 27th Oct 2023. Balmalloch Cairnfield viewed from SE.
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Log Text: In its current condition Balmalloch Cairnfield is not worth visiting however you can walk through it on the way to Balmalloch Cairn.
Ballynaughton
Date Added: 27th Apr 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Access 2
Ballynaughton submitted by Energyman on 14th Oct 2018. From the West
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Log Text: Ballynaugton cairn lies in rough ground c. 0.75 miles NW of Lagavulin Distillery. The track from Lagavulin Distillery car park heading NW leads to Lagavulin Cairn, Druim Mor Standing Stone, Achnancarranan Stone Row and Ballynaughton Cairn. The remnants of the Ballynaughton Cairn are covered in ferns but the chamber is well defined.
Ballymeanoch Stone Row
Date Added: 8th May 2021
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Ballymeanoch Stone Row submitted by ainsloch on 3rd Apr 2015. Stone Roses
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Log Text: Antiquarians are spoiled for choice in Kilmartin. Ballymeanoch complex is a worthwhile visit consisting of a kerb cairn, stone row, a stone pair and a henge. It requires some time and exploration to make sense of the complex. The concentration of sites in a small area implies that Ballymeanoch was important to the ancient people.
Ballymeanoch Kerb Cairn
Date Added: 8th May 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Ballymeanoch Kerb Cairn submitted by caradoc68 on 11th Dec 2011. NR 83395 96429, Kerb cairn, Ballymean. Kilmartin Glen is a very interesting area in Argyll rich in Archaeology. This Kerb cairn in know exception, being on private land the farmer has kindly fenced it off with pubic access to severely Neolithic/Bronze age features in this field.
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Log Text: Antiquarians are spoiled for choice in Kilmartin. Ballymeanoch complex is a worthwhile visit consisting of a kerb cairn, stone row, a stone pair and a henge. It requires some time and exploration to make sense of the complex. The concentration of sites in a small area implies that Ballymeanoch was important to the ancient people.
Ballochmyle
Date Added: 8th May 2021
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (East Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Ballochmyle submitted by wolfnighthunter on 13th Apr 2009. Site in North Ayrshire
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Log Text: I have made several visits to Ballochmyle Walls however I have not returned since 2012. I hope that the erosion of the markings has not been significant. Ballochmyle is my favourite Rock Art site due to the scale and variety of markings on the panels. I hope that it has remained relatively obscure because I feel that greater popularity of the site could hasten its demise.
Ballinaby
Date Added: 8th May 2021
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Ballinaby submitted by Andy B on 13th Jun 2011. Standing Stone Near Ballinaby
This tall stone is clearly visible from the road to the north of Loch Gorm, but is hidden from view on the path leading in from Saligo Bay. It's worth the walk. There's a second smaller stone in the next square, just visible in the left-hand side of this shot below a rocky outcrop.
Copyright Mary and Angus Hogg and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Ballinaby 1 is unsignposted off a minor road N of Loch Gorm. There is a lay-by c. 200 yards W of Ballinaby farm. Walk up the farm road to a gate, head NNW towards a junction of dry stane dykes. Ballinaby 1 is c. 50 yards SW from here adjacent to the N side of the dyke. Ballinaby 2 lies c.350 yards NNE of Ballinaby 1 across rough ground.
Ballinaby 1 is one of the most striking standing stones I have ever visited. The apparent fragility of this tall thin slab is belied by its survival despite being exposed to Islay's wild weather for millennia.
Ballinaby 2 is less impressive in its current state though it may have been as tall as Ballinaby 1 originally.
Ballakelly
Date Added: 8th May 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Isle of Man)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ballakelly submitted by Kammer on 23rd Apr 2004. Ballakelly (SC321719) viewed from the south, with prone slabs in the foreground, the chamber behind them, and the orthostat to the right. Taken 27th August 2003.
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Log Text: Ballakelly Chambered Cairn is in a field on the right hand side of the A25 from Douglas. There is a narrow gate to park in on a sharp corner at Ballakelly Farm. The stones are surrounded by a fence with a gate for access. The chamber and its immediately surrounding stones are impressive but the random circle of stones on the fence perimeter dilute the authenticity of the site.
Ballagory Horned Cairn
Date Added: 8th May 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Isle of Man)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Ballagory Horned Cairn submitted by Bladup on 18th Oct 2014. Ballagory Horned Cairn.
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Log Text: Ballagory Horned Cairn is easy to visit. It is situated beside a minor road with a lay-by, surrounded by a low stone wall. There is a style to climb into the enclosure denying disabled access.
Ballageich Hill
Date Added: 5th May 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (East Renfrewshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ballageich Hill submitted by markj99 on 5th May 2023. Ballageich Hill Cairn viewed from W.
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Log Text: When I was young, the B764 Eaglesham Moor road was one of the shortest routes from Ayr to Edinburgh. In fact I climbed up to the cairn several times in my pre-antequarian days failing to recognise a cairn. The cairn is built on a natural viewpoint with an adjacent lay-by. It is therefore all the more surprising that the site has not been already posted on TMP. Since the construction of a dual carriageway to East Kilbride from the A77, the Eaglesham moor road has become a cycle-friendly scenic alternative route to East Kilbride. It is altogether a more peaceful place to linger now.
Ballach-a-Heathry
Date Added: 1st May 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ballach-a-Heathry submitted by markj99 on 25th Mar 2020. Field clearance stones on Ballach-a-Heathry cairn.
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Log Text: Any ancient site which can be easily visited in passing is usually a worthwhile stop. The remains of Ballach-a-Heathry are overlooked by the recent addition of wind turbines.