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Culquhasen
Date Added: 11th Oct 2024
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Culquhasen submitted by markj99 on 27th Oct 2022. Culquhasen Cairn viewed from W.
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Log Text: Culquhasen Cairn is located behind Culquhasen Cottages in a field with several gorse-covered mounds. You would walk past it if you weren’t looking for it.
Culquhasen-SE
Date Added: 12th Oct 2024
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 11th Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
Culquhasen-SE submitted by markj99 on 11th Oct 2024. Culquhasen SE Cairn viewed from S.
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Log Text: The walk to Culquhasen SE Cairn is not straightforward. This route involves a walk of 0.25 miles along the A747 Port William road. Care should be taken: cars tend to drive fast around a sharp corner. The cross country route is an assault course: It includes crossing 3 dry stane dykes and a burn but no electric fences fortunately. Wellies are essential for this walk due to the burn crossing. My route is viewable on Culquhasen SE.
Cults Loch
Date Added: 15th Nov 2023
Site Type: Crannog
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cults Loch submitted by markj99 on 16th May 2023. Cults Loch Central Crannog viewed from N.
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Log Text: Directions to Cults Loch Crannogs: Take the New Luce turn off the A75 at the petrol station on the SE edge of Castle Kennedy. After c. 0.5 mile take the right turn signed for Nivens Yard. Follow this potholed gravel track for c. 75 yards to a gate on the left. There is room to park at the gate. Walk E through the gate for c. 350 yards to reach a gate into a field on the left. Follow a track NE towards Cults Loch. The Central Crannog can be viewed from the W bank of the loch. The NW Crannog is located on a circular promontory in the NW corner of the loch. My route is viewable on Cults Loch Crannogs. On a cautionary note, there are often beef cattle in the field beside Cults Loch.
Dalarran Holm
Date Added: 23rd Aug 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes
Dalarran Holm submitted by markj99 on 29th Mar 2019. Dalarran Holm close-up.
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Log Text: There is a large lay-by at NX 64015 78916 on the A713. Dalarran Holm Standing Stone is c. 250 N of the lay-by, safely accessible by the edge of the field rather than walking along a busy road.
Davidstow Moor Barrow
Date Added: 14th Jun 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Davidstow Moor Barrow submitted by dooclay on 11th Apr 2023. Missed this so many times travelling the area
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Log Text: Davidstow Moor Barrow is located on the NE corner of Davidstow Moor. Despite being adjacent to the Davidstow Airfield road there are so many millitary mounds on the moor that it is possible to drive past it.
Diddles Hill Cairn
Date Added: 11th Nov 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 8th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Diddles Hill Cairn submitted by markj99 on 9th Nov 2022. Diddles Hill Cairn viewed from S.
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Log Text: After a 250 yards trudge through moorland, at least Diddles Hill Cairn has visible stones on the central mound and a large potential kerbstone. These features are best viewed from the W. GPS and wellies essential.
Dolmen de Beaumer
Date Added: 7th Oct 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Dolmen de Beaumer submitted by johnstone on 1st Oct 2022. Just one big capstone upon four uprights, June 26, 2022
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Log Text: Dolmen de Beamer has two factors in its favour.
1) It is perched on a village green beside a road.
2) It is compact and bijou.
Easy to visit so why not?
Dolmen de Cosquer Er Mané
Date Added: 11th Oct 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Dolmen de Cosquer Er Mané submitted by 43559959 on 9th Nov 2014. Dolmen de Cosquer (Carnac)
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Log Text: Dolmen du Cosquer was a relaxed start to the day. The small dolmen is by the roadside in Cosquer, a hamlet c. 2km N of Plouharnel in Morbihan.
Follow the D781 for c. 2.2km from Plouharnel to the St Antoine roundabout. Take the first exit for C106 Kernevez. After c. 2.3km on this road you will reach Dolmen du Cosquer.
Dolmen de Kernevé
Date Added: 12th Oct 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen de Kernevé submitted by aolson on 24th Jul 2020. The entrance to the dolmen outside the garden.
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Log Text: Dolmen de Kernevé is located c. 10m down a path from Kernevé to Crucuno that starts c. 450m along the C106 from St Antoine roundabout on the D781. A large capstone and several orthostats have been incorporated into a garden wall. There is a convenient lay-by 20m NE of the path.
Dolmen de Mané-Carnaplaye 1
Date Added: 7th Oct 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Dolmen de Mané-Carnaplaye 1 submitted by Martin_L on 1st Nov 2010. Dolmens de Keroch (Mané Carnaplaye) near St.Philibert: The better preserved chamber with enormous capstone and remains of a passage. Scan of B/W taken in May 2001
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Log Text: Dolmen de Mané Canaplaye S is located on a path in woods c. 300m W of Saint-Philibert in Morbihan. The dolmen, which measures c. 1.5m high, is preserved in a fenced-off enclosure in a small clearing. The remains consist of a chamber with a large capstone measuring c. 2m wide. The chamber has a large flooring slab. An uncovered passage projects c. 1.5m ENE from the chamber.
There is a lay-by on the D781 at N47.590813, W3.010069. Walk 25m NE along the roadside to reach a track running S. After c. 110m walk straight into the trees avoiding private property. Continue along this path for another c. 200m to reach a junction. The ruined Dolmen de Mané Canaplaye N is located c. 10m E in a small clearing. After visiting this site return to the junction of paths, take the right path heading S. Follow this vague path for c. 130m to reach Dolmen de Mané Canaplaye S.
Dolmen de Mané-Carnaplaye 2
Date Added: 7th Oct 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen de Mané-Carnaplaye 2 submitted by karolus on 13th Jan 2017. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: Dolmen de Mané Canaplaye S is located on a path in woods c. 300m W of Saint-Philibert in Morbihan. The ruined dolmen consists of a capstone c. 1.8m wide at ground level resting on one recumbent stone. There is a shallow hollow below the capstone.
There is a lay-by on the D781 at N47.590813, W3.010069. Walk 25m NE along the roadside to reach a track running S. After c. 110m walk straight into the trees avoiding private property. Continue along this path for another c. 200m to reach a junction. The ruined Dolmen de Mané Canaplaye N is located c. 10m E in a small clearing. After visiting this site return to the junction of paths, take the right path heading S. Follow this vague path for c. 130m to reach Dolmen de Mané Canaplaye S.
Dolmen dit Lannek-er-Men
Date Added: 28th Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen dit Lannek-er-Men submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2011. This is a little dolmen sat on a green area outside a very pretty house. It has a little oval chamber, 3 metres by 2 metres, with an entrance to the east where there was perhaps once an entrance passageway.
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Log Text: Dolmen de Lannek-er-Men is located in Port Brillac, a small village c. 4 km NW of Sarzeau in Morbihan. The chamber of this dolmen measures c. 3m x 2m x 0.6m. Two medium-sized capstones are supported by several orthostats on the NE and SW sides. There is a large floor slab in the NW half of the chamber.
The dolmen is wedged into a corner against a hedge in a grassy area, used as a car park on my visit. In fact, a BMW bumper was almost touching the dolmen. My picture options were restricted to lateral views.
Dolmen du Crapaud
Date Added: 23rd Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dolmen du Crapaud submitted by thecaptain on 20th Jul 2006. Perched on its clifftop, overlooking the sea and a nice sandy beach, from certain angles this dolmen does indeed look like a toad poking its head up.
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Log Text: Dolmen du Crapaud is located on a cliff edge SE of Plage des Granges, S of Pen Lan (Penn Lann). The remains of this site have been much reduced by coastal erosion. The chamber resembles a toad viewed from N, hence the french name Dolmen du Crapaud.
Dolmen du Grah-Niol
Date Added: 27th Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Dolmen du Grah-Niol submitted by greywether on 28th Jun 2005. The entrance (facing E).
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Log Text: Yet another frustrating French site! Dolmen du Grah-Niol is surrounded by a low fence denying access. I took some unsatisfactory pictures from the perimeter and left in a huff.
Dolmen du Manio
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Dolmen du Manio submitted by aolson on 24th Jul 2020. The few remaining stones right on the roadside.
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Log Text: I stumbled upon this ruined site while walking back to my car from Kerlescsan Alignments. There is a pair of small stones on the roadside. At least there is some trace of Dolmen du Manio left for the future.
Dolmens des Grays
Date Added: 23rd Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dolmens des Grays submitted by thecaptain on 19th Jul 2006. East along the coast from Penlann headland are found the remains of this large cairn.
It is difficult to make anything out nowadays, other than there are lots of large rocks on the remains of a large mound, overlooking the Villaine estuary.
Closer inspection shows this to have once been a large 30 metre diameter cairn, with at least three passage tombs within it, two of which still have a few capstones in position.
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Log Text: Dolmens des Grays is located 5 minutes E along the coastal path starting in Pen Lan Car Park. At first sight the monument is a jumble of stones. There is an interpretation board, suggesting that the cairn consists of an amalgam of 3 separate tombs. It divides the cairn into Tomb A,B & C. They are in the N, SW & SE respectively.
Doon Castle (Broch)
Date Added: 14th Apr 2021
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Doon Castle (Broch) submitted by Andy B on 18th Apr 2010. A much better view of the landmark on a pleasant February day as promised after my first photo of this.
Copyright Colin McDonald and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Doon Castle Broch is my favourite local site to visit. The name may be confusing to some people because there is a Doon Castle in Ayrshire on Loch Doon. Doon Castle Broch is on Ardwell Point in Dumfries and Galloway.
A site of this quality deserves more visitors however the isolated location discourages people. There is the problem of the rocky road after West Ardwell Farm however it just requires careful driving on a short stretch to reach the Ardwell Bay car park. There is a sandy beach for non-antiquarians to amuse themselves while TMAers visit Doon Castle.
Doubler Stones
Date Added: 19th Dec 2022
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: England (Yorkshire (West))
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Doubler Stones submitted by DavidRaven on 18th May 2003. Two large rocks, weathered into curious forms. The upper surface of one has distinct cup-and-ring carvings. Even when the moor is teeming
with visitors, this backwater is usually empty of folk.
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Log Text: These curious rocks are located on the edge of moorland. They are best accessed from the W via a track starting at SE 06585 46318 off Light Bank Lane.
Dranigower Hut Circle E
Date Added: 10th May 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Dec 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dranigower Hut Circle E submitted by markj99 on 3rd Dec 2020. East arc of Dranigower Hut Circle E.
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Log Text: The best time to visit Dranigower Hut Circle E is Autumn to Spring when the vegetation is low because the hut circles are not easy to spot.
Dranigower Hut Circle W
Date Added: 10th May 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Dec 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dranigower Hut Circle W submitted by markj99 on 3rd Dec 2020. East arc of Dranigower Hut Circle W.
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Log Text: The best time to visit Dranigower Hut Circle W is Autumn to Spring when the vegetation is low because the hut circles are not easy to spot.