Low Airyolland

Visited 27.10.24

There is a ruined cairn c. 1.5 miles S of New Luce on the W bank of the Water of Luce in Dumfries and Galloway. It is named after Low Airyolland farm which is located c. 400 yards SW of the cairn. Low Airyolland cairn is on a grassy mound sloping from N to S. It is defined by an earth bank up to c. 3 feet high with a c. 60 feet diameter. The cairn is dominated by a tall mature oak tree in the NW quadrant. There are shrubs and ferns on the E, S and W arcs. A large moss covered stone on the S perimeter and 3 large stones on the W perimeter may be displaced kerb stones. The centre of the circle is grassy and irregular with scattered embedded stones.

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