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Black Loch Crannog
Date Added: 13th May 2023
Site Type: Crannog
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Black Loch Crannog submitted by Creative Commons on 17th Jul 2013. Crannog within the Castle Kennedy estate
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Log Text: A path runs along the W bank of Black Loch in the grounds of Lochinch Castle Estate. There is in truth not much to see beyond a wooded island however there is plenty to explore in Castle Kennedy Gardens.
Billy Marshall's Cave
Date Added: 16th May 2021
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2009. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 1
Billy Marshall's Cave submitted by markj99 on 14th Sep 2020. Entrance to Billy Marshall''s Cave.
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Log Text: It has been more than ten years since I last visited Billy Marshall's Cave. I wonder how many people have visited it since then. There was a geocache box in it so maybe that would have increased its popularity.
Beoch Hill Cairn
Date Added: 16th May 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
Beoch Hill Cairn submitted by markj99 on 11th Sep 2019. Looking NE across hollow centre of Beoch Hill cairn.
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Log Text: It is illogical to put so much effort into such a small hidden cairn. Then again, when did common sense influence the antiquarian seeking a new target. I have an unfortunate attraction to remote sites.
Benlaight South
Date Added: 21st Mar 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Benlaight South submitted by markj99 on 21st Mar 2022. Interior of Benlaight South Cairn viewed from E.
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Log Text: Directions: Take the Three Lochs turn in the centre of Glenluce heading N. Stay on this road for c. 2.5 miles to reach a lay-by at NX 21619 60922. Head W into the field opposite for c. 50 yards. Turn left following the rough farm track for c. 200 yards to a gate. Benlaight South Cairn is c. 300 yards W of the gateway.
Benlaight South Cairn has been badly treated over time leaving a pale shadow of how it would have dominated the landscape when it was constructed.
Benlaight North
Date Added: 22nd Mar 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Benlaight North submitted by markj99 on 21st Mar 2022. Centre of Benlaight North Cairn viewed from E.
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Log Text: Benlaight North Cairn is a probable small cairn in moorland c. 2 miles N of Glenluce. It is almost entirely robbed out. It is easily visited along with Benlaight South Cairn and Ballach-a-Heathry Cairn. Three for the price of one is always good value!
Bencallen Hill
Date Added: 19th May 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (South Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th May 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Bencallen Hill submitted by PaulM on 29th Oct 2002. Shiel Bridge/Bencallen chambered tomb
Good navigation is needed to find this cairn as the landscape is pretty featureless (NX33779440). Luckily for us the conifers had been recently cleared. There is parking (just) but the lane is very quiet. I dived up the slope and headed in the vague general direction but struck lucky.
Another strange site as the cairn cover has been robbed for drystone walls which all seemed to have been built to hem in the chamber or perhaps as sheepfolds. All t...
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Log Text: Bencallen Cairn lies c. 3.75 miles E from Barr Village in S Ayrshire. It is difficult to get to but the splendid isolation of this site more than compensates. Only one large chamber of the cairn remains built into the N wall of a sheepfold. Presumably the stones from Bencallen Cairn were used in the construction of the sheepfold. The ground round about and inside the sheepfold has been deforested so it is rough and rutted.
Beinn Ghott
Date Added: 15th May 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Tiree)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Beinn Ghott submitted by markj99 on 15th May 2021. Approaching Beinn Ghott Cairn from NW.
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Log Text: Beinn Ghott Cairn is a small compact cairn which will not appeal to all antiquarians. However if you are on Tiree for an extended stay there is no good reason not to visit it.
Beersheeba
Date Added: 15th May 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Beersheeba submitted by Bladup on 15th Sep 2013. Beersheba after sunset.
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Log Text: I followed the footpath from Bowl Rock S to reach this magnificent 10 footer. Beersheba is on of the most impressive standing stones in Cornwall.
Bearah Tramway Cist
Date Added: 17th Jun 2023
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Bearah Tramway cist submitted by Bladup on 21st Jul 2015. Bearah Tramway cist.
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Log Text: This naked cist is well preserved, adacent to the former Bearah Tramway.
Bearah Tramway Cairn
Date Added: 17th Jun 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Brearah Tramway Cairn submitted by rogerkread on 3rd Jul 2016. A slightly different angle.
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Log Text: This cairn is easily visible on a walk between Kilmar Tor & Bearah Tor.
Bawd Stone
Date Added: 14th May 2021
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bawd Stone submitted by vicky on 2nd Sep 2001. The Bawdstone, possible dolmen, near Hen Cloud, The Roaches, Staffordshire GR: SJ009620
This so called ‘dolmen’ was described by antiquarian J.D. Sainter in his book ‘Scientific Rambles Round Macclesfield’ in 1878:
"At a short distance south of Rock Hall, there may be observed on the opposite side of Hen Cloud a block of gritstone, which upon approaching it, is found to be rested or balanced, in the first place, upon a short edge of rock and then upon two upright and pointed pilla...
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Log Text: The Bawd Stone is located between The Roaches and Hen Cloud. It may be a natural dolmen enhanced to locate a burial below the massive stone. The setting is certainly spectacular.
There is parking available at SK0061961882 c. 30 yards SE of the start of the path. Follow the path for c. 300 yards uphill to reach a crossroad. Turn R for c. 30 yards until a faint path veers L. Take this path E for c. 50 yards to reach the Bawd Stone.
Barsloisnoch
Date Added: 24th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cist
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Barsloisnoch submitted by caradoc68 on 30th Apr 2012. There are two kists here within 20-50 feet of each other but can be easily missed.
Canmore site page.
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Log Text: Barsloisnoch cists are only to be found by those looking for them. They lie in marshy pasture land adjacent to Barsloisloch Farm. Barsloisnoch SE cist has an impressive capstone, well worth a small detour while visiting the Kilmartin sites.
Barpa Langais
Date Added: 14th May 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Barpa Langais submitted by h_fenton on 25th Sep 2012. Barpa Langais photographed from the South East.
Kite Aerial Photograph
16 September 2012 @ 7.54am
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Log Text: The survival of Barpa Langais in its almost intact state is due to its location on an isolated island. It is most unusual to have a dedicated car park and path leading to a well preserved chambered cairn. Barpa Langais was a highlight on my Hebridean tour.
Barnshangan W
Date Added: 28th Oct 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 25th Oct 2023. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Barnshangan W submitted by markj99 on 26th Oct 2023. Barnshangan W Cairn viewed from S.
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Log Text: Take the W turn to Glenluce off the A75. Turn left for New Luce after 0.2 mile. Stay on this road for c. 5 miles to reach New Luce. Park on Main Street. Walk straight on at the top of Main Street for c. 300 yards to reach Barnshangan Farm track. Follow the farm track for c. 0.6 mile to a gate on the right at NX 18156 65377. Head S into the field for 75 yards then SE towards a gate into an adjacent field. Barnshangan W Cairn is c. 75 yards NE from here. Return to the farm track then walk c. 400 yards E to NX 18429 65423. Barnshangan E Cairn is c. 50 yards to the right, next to a dry stane dyke.
Barnshangan E
Date Added: 24th Nov 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 15th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Barnshangan E submitted by markj99 on 24th Nov 2022. S Half of Barnshangan E Cairn viewed from S.
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Log Text: Barnshangan E Cairn is an unusually stony cairn, given its location on farmland. There has been extensive quarrying on the N half, but the S half has a good covering of stones.
Barnsallie Fell
Date Added: 17th Nov 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Barnsallie Fell submitted by markj99 on 14th May 2023. Barnsallie Fell Cairn viewed from S.
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Log Text: Take the A747 Portwilliam turn off the A75 at Glenluce. Follow the road for c. 1.8 miles to reach a left turn signed for Whithorn Way. Stay on this single track road for c. 1 mile to reach a left turn signed for Craigenveoch via a forest track. There is a lay-by on the edge of the loch after c. 100 yards if you want to park up. Continue on foot or by car for c. 0.2 miles to reach a parking place at Knock of Luce Wood. Walk c. 200 yards W along a grass track leading to a dead-end. Take the loch side path for on the left for c. 200 yards to reach NSF Scotland Woodland Garden. Take a path NW starting at the NSF Scotland info board. Head W towards an obvious gap in the stone wall. Wellies are required from this point. Cross a stream then head N parallel to the stone wall through boggy shrubby ground for c. 100 yards to reach Barnsallie Fell Cairn, shrouded in small trees.
Barnhouse Stone
Date Added: 13th May 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Barnhouse Stone submitted by howar on 30th Jul 2010. stone with Maes Howe aligned, Setter tumuli on Syra Dale behind Maes Howe continuing line
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Log Text: Barnhouse Stone is surrounded by the Stones of Stenness, the Watch Stone and Maeshowe. This is tough company to compete with. It also implies it could be important to be erected in such an important area. The c. 10 feet tall stone slab stand in splendid isolation in an arable field c. 0.5 mile SE of the Stones of Stenness. It deserves to be visited.
Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 13th May 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Barnhouse Settlement HY306127. Probably in use around the same time of Skara Brae.
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Log Text: Barnhouse Settlement is the closest habitation to the Stones of Stenness marking it as an important site. The site is easy to visit from Stenness. It presents reconstructed floorplans of multiple buildings in the settlement making it easier to imagine how the original may have looked.
Barnenez Cairn
Date Added: 13th Oct 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Barnenez Cairn submitted by neolithique02 on 22nd Feb 2014. Cairn de Barnenez Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France
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Log Text: I was suffering from Stone-Fatigue after a week in and around Carnac. I opted to drive for 3 hours to Cairn de Barnenez as a relaxing change. The monument was well sign-posted. The entry fee was a reasonable 6 euros. The epic scale of Cairn de Barnenez was intimidating at first. There are 11 parallel dolmens in the cairn running SE-NW, however all but one of the passages are closed to the public. It took me 45 minutes to fully capture the essence of the monument. Cairn de Barnenez is a recommended visit.
Barlure
Date Added: 23rd Nov 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 15th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Barlure submitted by markj99 on 23rd Nov 2022. Barlure Cairn viewed from N.
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Log Text: Given its proximity to Barlure farm, this cairn is surprisingly free of debris. It's an easy walk from the Barrhill road so why not?