A quick look on Google street view and you can actually spot the stone quite easily from the road. This was from 2021.
A quick look on Google street view and you can actually spot the stone quite easily from the road. This was from 2021.
shot of the devils-bit scabious that was abundant around Boscawen-Ûn in September 2025
You can clearly see how later Irish and British barrows evolved from barrows like this.
An aerial photograph of the barrows.
Another shot of the ring barrow
A shot of the ring barrow, remarkably similar to many Irish barrows I’ve seen.
A shot of the ring and mound barrow
A clear shot of all three large barrows at this ancient and mythologically significant site
A shot of two of the cemetery’s three prominent barrows, the photograph is dated to 1920, from right to left it shows a stepped barrow and a bowl barrow.
Looking down the hill with Leitchestown Farm behind me
From a viewpoint similar to the 2015 pic, in 2026
Another smaller stone, foot for scale
Looks like a piece of granite used in construction to me – 2025
Taken from REPORT ON STONE CIRCLES SURVEYED IN THE NORTH-EAST OF SCOTLAND, CHIEFLY IN BANFFSHIRE, WITH MEASURED PLANS AND
DRAWINGS; OBTAINED UNDER THE GUNNING FELLOWSHIP.
BY FRED. R. COLES, ASSISTANT KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM.
An image of the barrow from the folklore collection, taken circa 1932
If you reach the south east, you’ve found the way to the top of the cairn.
The east side of the cairn, in parts steep, in other parts very steep.