Drannandow

Also known as:
Dranadow and Nappers Cottage
Nearest town:
Newton Stewart (6km SSE)
OS reference:
NX408713
OS sheet:
77
Latitude:
55° 0' 38 N
Longitude:
4° 29' 23.59 W
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Images

Image of Drannandow (Chambered Tomb) by postman

On approach to the chambered cairn I interrupted a couple of Barn owls, one of them is on the gate to the left of the cairn.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 10, 2014
Image of Drannandow (Chambered Tomb) by postman

The big eastern chamber, several meters away from the main bulk of the cairn.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 10, 2014
Image of Drannandow (Chambered Tomb) by postman

The five chambered cairn and two more, one at the tree line and one in between. Plus Nappers cottage Barn owl nest site, I saw three of them.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 10, 2014
Image of Drannandow (Chambered Tomb) by postman

The north west and best preserved chamber.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 10, 2014
Image of Drannandow (Chambered Tomb) by rockartwolf

18-2-07

one of the five chambers, and looking at Napper’s Cottage

wolfy

Image credit: pebblewolf
rockartwolf
rockartwolf Feb 19, 2007
Image of Drannandow (Chambered Tomb) by rockartwolf

Food Vessel Urn from the Cist at Drannandow



Dumfriesshire & Galloway
Natural History and Antiquarian Society

Image credit: DGNHAS
rockartwolf
rockartwolf Dec 27, 2006
Image of Drannandow (Chambered Tomb) by rockartwolf

Plan of the site.




Dumfriesshire & Galloway
Natural History and Antiquarian Society

Image credit: DGNHAS
rockartwolf
rockartwolf Dec 27, 2006
Image of Drannandow (Chambered Tomb) by greywether

General view from the N.

Usually described as a Clyde cairn but the low septal stones in the chambers and the absence of any portal arrangements has led it to also be described as hybrid between Clyde and the Bargrennan passage grave tradition also found in this area.

The cairn is roughly 24m long and up to 15m wide.

greywether
greywether May 18, 2004

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Drannandow

greywether
greywether May 18, 2004

Not a very spectacular site but it makes part of a nice megalithic walk incorporating The Thieves and Drumfern.

Drannandow has five chambers (large but not the largest) symetrically arranged with one reasonably well preserved axial (facing E) and two pairs of opposing laterals (NW,NE,SE,SW) in poorer condition.

Sits at the head of the Coldstream Burn. Axial chamber aligned on nothing particular.

See photo captions for dimensions etc.

The public road to the site is narrow but you can park at the triangle where the farm road joins it. Ask at the farm.

Long and reasonably steep. Several gates.

Visited 2 May 2004

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