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Visitors to an ancient chambered cairn in Galloway are being given the chance to see how it might have looked 6,000 years ago.
Looking south, near the cottage is the chamber cairn.
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Archaeologists have discovered ancient tools which they believe show evidence of one of the earliest human populations yet known in Scotland.
The dun, from near the Dunamuck Chamber Cairn.
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To the right of the stone Dunamuck Dun, which I tried to visit first but had to visit last.
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Archaeologists are to begin a five-year project to excavate the site of a nationally important Iron Age hillfort and analyse their finds.
The first dig will take place on the protected ancient monument at Wandlebury Country Park, external, just south of Cambridge, from 28 April to 9 May.
You’d have to say it was great weather for this type of thing – quick drying after landing in a bog.
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From near the fallen stones. Note the surviving standing stone beyond.
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Looking straight u[p the Kilmartin Glen. The cairn is quite a bit bigger than Canmore suggests going by its footprint.
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In the distance, near the house, is the chamber cairn.
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Looking towards the ancient, how far? not far, in reality quite far – caused not by distance.
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The north west, one or two bits of cairn material popping through.
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the south side, in the trees beyond the battered Achnashelloch cairn.
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The top of the cairn, main road and track less than 100m away and still one of hardest sites to get to.
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