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Ballach-a-Heathry
Date Added: 21st Mar 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 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: When I revisited Ballach-a-Heathry Cairn it's condition was much improved. The large field clearance stones had been removed, leaving a grassy plateau sloping S-N. The perimeter of the cairn was more sharply defined with steep edges. The cairn has an irregular elongated oval footprint. It is situated c. 180 yards SW of a convenient gate with adjacent parking space.
Balker Moor N
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 1
Balker Moor N submitted by markj99 on 23rd Mar 2025. Balker Moor N Cairn viewed from N.
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Log Text: A visit to Balker Moor N Cairn has two problems: Firstly, the route to the cairn requires walking half a mile over uneven boggy moorland and secondly, the cairn is very difficult to find. All that remains is an earth bank on the N Arc of the cairn with several kerb stones. I didn't even mention that I had a close encounter with a stag on my first visit: A large stag accompanied by around 5 hinds were within 150 yards of the S cairn, far from safety. I held my ground nervously before they moved away.
Cairnderry
Date Added: 25th Mar 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cairnderry submitted by mickm on 17th Mar 2005. View of the cairn looking eastsoutheast up the passage to the northeast chamber. The south chamber is visible to top left and the outline of the 2002 excavations in the quadrant around the northwest chamber can be made out at the top of the picture.
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Log Text: On my return visit I found Cairnderry in an improved condition: The kerb of the cairn was discernible and the exposed chambers in the centre of the cairn were free from vegetation. I was able to reconcile the remains of the cairn with the plan.
Cairnderry Cairn is an impressive monument with easy access from the A714, deserving of more visitors.
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 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 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.
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.
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 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 13
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 13 submitted by markj99 on 12th Jun 2025. Enhanced Grooves on SW of Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel.
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Log Text: Cairnholy 13 Carved Panel is located on a rock outcrop c. 10 feet from a stone wall on the W margin of a large field c. 0.5 mile N of Cairnholy farm. It is c. 130 yards SE of a natural knoll in the centre of the field. There are multiple carved panels of varying quality on this location. Cairnholy 4,11-15 Carved Panels are all listed separately on TMP.
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 12
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 12 submitted by markj99 on 11th Apr 2025. W Double Cup & Ring Carving on Cairnholy 12 Carved Panel.
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Log Text: Cairnholy 12 Carved Panel is one of 6 panels of rock art carvings on a rocky knoll on the W margin of a large field c. 0.5 mile N of Cairnholy Farm. The most obvious feature is a double cup marking on the W end of the panel.
Cairnholy 11
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 11 submitted by markj99 on 10th Apr 2025. Cairnholy 11 Cup Carved Panel viewed from ENE.
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Log Text: Cairnholy 11 Carved Panel is located in the NW corner of a rocky knoll on the W margin of a large field c. 0.5 miles N of Cairnholy Farm. It is c. 6 feet E of the stone wall marking the field boundary. 8 small cup markings are geometrically arranged in 2 parallel lines of 4 equally spaced cups are carved in the centre of a rounded slab.
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 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.
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 W.
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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.
Elrig Loch
Date Added: 22nd Apr 2025
Site Type: Crannog
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 21st Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Elrig Loch submitted by vicky on 31st Dec 2002. The Remains of the Crannog in Loch Elrig.
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Log Text: The car park at the NE end of Elrig Loch has been closed off by a line of boulders but it is possible to park beside them. The crannog is visible as a pile of stones rising 1 foot above the water level. It is not a spectacular site but you can walk to Carlin Stone and Loch Head Cairn from here.
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.