Barclye Cairn

Nearest town:
Newton Stewart (4km ESE)
OS reference:
NX38906873
OS sheet:
83
Latitude:
54° 59' 12.96 N
Longitude:
4° 31' 5.26 W
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Image of Barclye Cairn (Cairn) by markj99

Excavated trench on Barclye Cairn viewed from SSE.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
markj99
markj99 Jul 12, 2020
Image of Barclye Cairn (Cairn) by markj99

Barclye Cairn earthfast stones viewed from ENE, possibly remnants of a cist.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
markj99
markj99 Jul 12, 2020

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Barclye Cairn

markj99
markj99 Jul 12, 2020

Visited 11.07.20

Barclye Cairn is described in Canmore ID 62933 (go to Links). It is a robbed out cairn 20m across by 1.5m high. There are two earthfast stones which may be the remnants of a cist.

Directions: Take the A75 turn off to Newton Stewart at the large roundabout. Follow the town centre to the end of Victoria Street & bear left across the Cree Bridge. Turn L about 50 yards from the end of the bridge into Minnigaff. After 0.5 mile you will see a war memorial on your R.
Take the next L turn after 100 yards. This is a narrow country lane headed to Cree Woods. Follow this lane past Minigaff Parish Church, Boreland Wood and Boreland Farm. Around 0.75 mile after Boreland Farm there is a gate at NX 389 686 (approximately) on the R. There is limited parking here so I chose to go onto Barclye Wood Parking (NX 38604 69482) around 0.5 miles along the lane.
Having walked back to the gateway, I headed N up a slope for 300 yards to a hilltop where Barclye Cairn is prominent.
Drumwhirn Cairn & Barclye Cairn are close together so they can easily be achieved in the same trip.

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