Miscellaneous

Culquhasen SE
Cairn(s)

This route involves a walk of 0.25 miles along the A747 Port William road. Care should be taken: cars tend to drive fast around a sharp corner. The cross country route is an assault course: It includes crossing 3 dry stane dykes and a burn but no electric fences fortunately. Wellies are essential for this walk due to the burn crossing.

Directions to Culquhasen SE Cairn: Take the A747 Port William turn off the A75 at Glenluce. Follow the A747 for c. 4.1 miles to reach a lay-by at Auchenmalg Village Hall. Park up and walk back up the A747 for c. 0.25 mile to a gateway on the right. Turn right into the field. Follow the margin of the field to a gate in the corner after c. 130 yards. Continue along the margin of the field for c. 300 yards to reach a dry stane dyke. Cross over the dyke and continue E along the margin of the field for c. 230 yards to reach a burn. Walk c. 30 yards from the corner of the field down the burn to reach a obvious path across the burn. The bank sides are steep but you can drop carefully into the shallow water and scramble up the other side to step over a barbed wire fence. Continue E along the edge of the field for c. 200 yards to reach another stone wall. Walk c. 25 yards S down the wall to reach a water tank which makes crossing the wall easier. After another c. 130 yards there is a gate in the corner of the field. Go through the gate and climb over the stone wall into the next field. Walk E then N along the margin of the field for c. 0.3 mile to reach the NE corner of the field. Culquhasen SE Cairn is a stony mound adjacent to the dry stane dyke. My route is viewable on Culquhasen SE.