Fleuchlarg

Also known as:
White Cairn
Nearest town:
Dumfries (15km ESE)
OS reference:
NX854873
OS sheet:
78
Latitude:
55° 9' 59.57 N
Longitude:
3° 47' 57.27 W
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Image of Fleuchlarg (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Possible Kerb Stones on N Arc of White Cairn (Fleuchlarg) viewed from N.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
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Image of Fleuchlarg (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Summit of White Cairn (Fleuchlarg) viewed from W.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
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Image of Fleuchlarg (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Possible Displaced Kerb Stones on White Cairn (Fleuchlarg) viewed from N.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
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markj99 May 27, 2022
Image of Fleuchlarg (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Robbed Out Centre of White Cairn (Fleuchlarg) viewed from E.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
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Fleuchlarg

markj99
markj99 Apr 4, 2020

Visited 07.04.12

Fleucharg Long Cairn has certainly been abused over the millennia, most probably in the last centuries. However, it is still a significant presence in the landscape worth visiting.
It was archaeologically excavated in 1937. Canmore ID 65063 (go to Links) states it “measures 150 ft NNE-SSW by 44 ft across the N end and 85 ft some 25 ft from the S end, and has a maximum height of 14 ft.”
Of particular note was “a setting of three boulders, possibly part of a kerb” according to Canmore ID 65063.
There are also large voids in the cairn due to stone robbing.
It is identified as White Cairn in OS 1:50k maps.

Fleuchlarg

greywether
greywether Oct 12, 2004

I decided not to visit this one up close for reasons which may be obvious from the posted photo.

Anyway, it looks as if it’s been mucked about a bit with field clearance and the best views are probably from where the photo was taken which is the road to the S.

Visited 9 September 2004

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