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Auchmantle Fell (The Muckle Cairn)
Date Added: 9th Jan 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 14th Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Auchmantle Fell (The Muckle Cairn) submitted by markj99 on 8th Jan 2025. Auchmantle Fell (The Muckle Cairn) viewed from N.
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Log Text: Auchmantle Fell (The Muckle Cairn) is the more visible cairn of the pair of ruined cairns on Auchmantle Fell . A modern cairn c. 4 feet high dominates the small grassy platform. See main page for directions.
Auchmantle Fell (The Wee Cairn)
Date Added: 9th Jan 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jan 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Auchmantle Fell (The Wee Cairn) submitted by markj99 on 8th Jan 2025. NW Earth Bank of Auchmantle Fell (The Wee Cairn).
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Log Text: Auchmantle Fell (The Wee Cairn) is the more difficult to locate cairn of the pair of ruined cairns on Auchmantle Fell . If you visit The Muckle Cairn first then head S for c. 135 yards across boggy moorland look out for a grassy circle in the moor with a prominent earth bank c. 1.5 feet high on the NW arc. See directions on Auchmantle Fell (The Muckle Cairn) main page.
Auld Wife's Grave
Date Added: 17th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 6th Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 1
Auld Wife's Grave submitted by markj99 on 12th Sep 2018. Approaching the Auld Wife's Grave
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Log Text: Auld Wife's Grave is difficult to find in open moorland. However, if you can get to Cairnscarrow Trig Point at NX 13626 64802 there is a clear path bearing NNW from here. Follow it for c. 200m straight to Auld Wife's Grave.
Avebury
Date Added: 17th Apr 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury Aerial 0507 submitted by JJ on 4th Nov 2003. Here's my theory: As you can see, the shadows cast on the western side of the circle point to the exact spot for the next stone in line. Perhaps this is why Avebury is more hexagonal in shape than round.
Based on this assumption, then it would be easy to work out the heights of the missing stones without too much difficulty. Maybe the distance between each stone along this side was calculated not by 'linear measurement' but rather set by the preceding stone and shadow cast.
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Log Text: I enjoyed my visit to Avebury Circle but i have two reservations:
1) I found the scale of the circle too large to take in as a whole. It was difficult to imagine the overall plan. Subsequent views of aerial shots have given me a better impression of the monument.
2) The construction of houses and a road within the henge spoiled the antiquity of the site for me. I would have liked to have seen the circle in its original condition.
Avebury - The Cove
Date Added: 17th Apr 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Avebury - The Cove submitted by jackdaw1 on 26th Aug 2008. Cove sundown.
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Log Text: The stones in Avebury Cove are two of the most impressive in the Avebury Complex.
Aveline's Hole
Date Added: 17th Apr 2021
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Aveline's Hole submitted by Andy B on 14th Aug 2007. Artists reconstruction of Britain's Earliest Cemetery - Aveline's Hole in the Mendip Hills Somerset is approximately 10,000 years old. Image by Judith Dobie, English Heritage, used with permission.
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Log Text: It is amazing that such an important archaeological site is so easily visited. I am a troglodyte at heart so I always enjoy visiting a cave.
Avening burial chambers
Date Added: 17th Apr 2021
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Avening burial chambers submitted by theCaptain on 20th Apr 2010. The entrance stones of the SE chamber.
No remains of the supposed porthole entrance can be seen, its now buried below ground level after the hillslide.
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Log Text: The burial chambers have been artfully placed in the rectory garden in Avening, however, in principle I do not agree with people removing parts of an ancient monument for their own gratification. The original site is devalued and the new site is questionable at best.
Avielochan
Date Added: 18th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Avielochan submitted by cosmic on 25th Sep 2006. Chamber from North.
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Log Text: Avielochan Clava Cairn is sandwiched between the A95 and the railway line. Despite this the site has a peaceful ambience, promoted by the ring of mature trees which surround the cairn. The kerb is delineated by c. 10 trees and intermittent large stones. The interior has been robbed out exposing a stone lined passage to a central chamber.
I prefer this somewhat neglected Clava cairn to the over-restored cairns at Balnuaran.
Aviemore
Date Added: 18th Apr 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jan 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Aviemore submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Aviemore Ring Cairn NH897134. The surviving parts of a Cairn & Stone Circle in the Ski resort of Aviemore.
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Log Text: I appreciate that conserving the circle in some way is better than removing it, however, surrounding the circle by a modern housing estate has negated any air of antiquity that the stone circle may have possessed.
Bagbie cairn
Date Added: 27th Apr 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bagbie Cairn submitted by vicky on 31st Dec 2002. The Bagbie Cairn with a pair of associated standing stones.
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Log Text: I have made multiple visits to Bagbie Cairn and its surroundings. There are many sites to visit in a small area. There is a view of the sea from Bagbie Cairn which may have influenced its location.
Bagbie Four Poster
Date Added: 27th Apr 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bagbie Four Poster submitted by PaulM on 29th Oct 2002. This is a small four poster with stones no larger than 1.2m in height. It stands on the NE edge of a cairn and only three or four metres from a similarly sized stone pair. The grid reference is NX49815642.
This area is right on the edge of OS Explorer Map 311 (Wigtown, Whithorn & The Machars) and full navigation will require the next map over (Map 312 - Kirkcudbright & Castle Douglas).
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Log Text: I have made multiple visits to Bagbie Cairn and its surroundings. There are many sites to visit in a small area. There is a view of the sea from Bagbie Cairn which may have influenced its location.
Bagbie stones
Date Added: 27th Apr 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bagbie stones submitted by PaulM on 29th Oct 2002. The stone pair are closely associated with the cairn, four poster stone circle and standing stone.
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Log Text: I have made multiple visits to Bagbie Cairn and its surroundings. There are many sites to visit in a small area. There is a view of the sea from Bagbie Cairn which may have influenced its location.
Bagbie Wall Stone
Date Added: 27th Apr 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bagbie Wall Stone submitted by markj99 on 27th Apr 2021. Bagbie Wall Stone, centre picture, in the dry stane dyke.
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Log Text: I have made multiple visits to Bagbie Cairn and its surroundings. There are many sites to visit in a small area. There is a view of the sea from Bagbie Cairn which may have influenced its location.
Bailiehill Fort
Date Added: 1st May 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 19th May 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bailiehill Fort submitted by markj99 on 1st May 2021. Inside a defensive rampart and ditch defense of Bailiehill Fort.
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Log Text: Baliehill Fort is located between Lockerbie and Langholm in a rural setting. It is situated atop a steep climb up Camp Hill from a lay-by at NY 25315 90657. The remnants of the forts defenses are visible on the slope of the hill but the enclosures are relatively featureless.
Bains Hill
Date Added: 1st May 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (South Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bains Hill submitted by SHUGS on 10th Oct 2012. Site in South Ayrshire Scotland
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Log Text: Bain's Hill is easy to visit with a good view over Turnberry Golf Course towards Ailsa Craig. Lunch at the Malin Court is also a good reason to stop.
Balchriston
Date Added: 11th Nov 2022
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (South Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Balchriston submitted by markj99 on 10th Nov 2022. Stones on W Arc of Bank surrounding Balchriston Dun Enclosure.
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Log Text: Balchriston Dun is a hidden gem. It isn't visible until you are at close quarters in a deep glen. Access to Balchriston Dun is via the N flank.
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.
Balker Moor S
Date Added: 7th Nov 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 5th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Balker Moor S submitted by markj99 on 7th Nov 2022. Balker Moor S Cairn viewed from NNW.
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Log Text: The half mile trek to this cairn was waterlogged but I was compensated for my efforts by being 150 yards from a red deer stag and hinds (slightly nerve-wracking) and finding a cairn in moorland. It isn't the biggest cairn ever, but the overall experience was ultimately worthwhile.
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.
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.