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Howburn Digger wrote: bladup wrote: tiompan wrote: I'm pretty sure that whoever wrote the assessment had visited and knew what they were talking about . Earlier reports also show misgivings . http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/e[...]3759/details/high+auchenlarie/ No, no, no the description is NOT whats on site, it made me think that they had rang the farmer up [ in the past ] and asked him to describe what he has on his land, and because he didn't want visiters to it he told them a load of rubbish to keep people away, one bad description leads to another bad description [ you know that ], I HAVE BEEN and the description IS WRONG, please don't say that i was at the wrong place as you can't miss it, and you can clearly see the site and stones on google earth, it looks to me that someone lazy couldn't [ years ago ] be bothered to even walk up the hill and even look for themselves, it has 5 stones in an arc of a circle and another stone falls just outside the circle, maybe misplaced, an outlier or the remains of a concentric circle, a cairn lays on the perimeter of the circle, the place is a lost treasure and thanks for reminding me why it's a lost treasure, it's because the description of this great site makes it sound nothing and therefore not worth visiting, It sure is worth visiting though, a lost stone circle no less, i visited it years ago now and the place has stayed in my head just as much as the show sites around that area, it's a great site and well worth a visit for anyone that's around the area! It is a site that is well worth a visit. It is nearly five hundred feet up in fairly elevated position above Wigtown Bay and out across the Solway where you can see the Isle of Man on a clear morning. I have often legged it up to these elevated vantage points early on summer mornings. Cairnholy, Carsluith, Kirkmabreck and Cambret all have an added value due to the incredible elevation and outlook. I have sat on totally natural outcrops along this elevation on these hillsides and looked at ther view and it still feels a bit "Wow!" even though there is no prehistory in the immediate proximity. I know the HS and D&G archaeologists involved in the reporting of the last two reports on this site and in the excavation of Trusty's Hill hillfort during the summer of 2012. They don't phone up farmers to do site reports or excavations. That is simply nonsense. That is just something in your own mind and not in the real world. The hillsides and fields (some fairly recently extended and reclaimed from peaty upland moor) are covered in large boulders. On Google Views you can see the lines of old field walls, banks and hedge lines which still exist in the middle of (now) much larger fields. The site at High Auchenlarie sits in such a landscape. If anything the partial stone arcs on either side resemble the (incomplete) top of a curvy triangle. This might help... http://tinypic.com/r/1554ai0/6 But I reckon it mibbe wont. This is another nearby stone setting thing. Complete stone triangle anyone? http://tinypic.com/r/10mnd6g/6 There is a much better preserved cairn further up the hill here. http://goo.gl/maps/tLLR3 The views from there are stunning, I recommend an evening visit from Cambret Moor over Cairnharrow and Barholm Hill. There are a few unlisted C&R boulders en-route too. I hope this helps. Howburn Digger Brilliant work, great stuff, that place is listed as a stone circle though the others are not, and when you go to the actual spot your in for a shock because you'll clearly see the stone circle predates any wall, there's even a cairn on the perimeter, the 5 stones are in a circle, i don't think they even look like a triangle at all, but a 5p on the screen and you can see it's a circle not a triangle, i hope you will go take a look in person when you go in october, as like you said it's not exactly horrible up there, thanks for the work but i don't think the other examples show anything about this site, yes it clearly had a wall aimed at it in the past but how many places can you say that about, boscawen un down here used to have a wall going all the way though it and there's loads and loads of other examples as well, so the fact it once had a wall running at it also doesn't mean that much at all, i've been and it's as clear a stone circle as you can see, in stones and position, it's not a triangle at all, ignore the shadows and put a 5p on, it's a circle [ with the 1 stone outside from the wall], please go and have a look in october, take some photo's, put them on here and let everyone decide whether they think it's a stone circle or not, as there will be no problem putting it on here because it's listed in many archaeologist's corpuses of stone circles [ including both burl's and barnatt's ], thanks again for your time and effort, great stuff!  This topic is locked |  27th September 2012ce 20:12 In reply to: Re: High Auchenlarie stone circle, Dumfries+Galloway (Howburn Digger) |
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