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Image of Machermore (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by markj99

Canmore ID 62282, a possible cairn with whins & clearance stones added.

Image of Machermore (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by markj99

Eastern delapidated cairn at Machermore. It is listed as Canmore ID 62260.

Image of Machermore (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by spencer

East cairn, SW side, with Knock Fell with its hillfort atop, in distance. Yup, I know photos are poor, it was late evening, but folk should get the gist.

Image credit: Mike Purslow
Image of Machermore (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by spencer

East cairn, south side. Cairn appears intact, and is a good 8’+ high.

Image credit: Mike Purslow

Articles

Machermore

Visited 12.11.18
My previous attempts at clearing up the Machermore mystery were thwarted by the presence of a bull in the wrong field. Third time lucky, armed with Canmore data I visited the remaining cairns. There are a lot of clearance cairns in this area to confuse the picture. After careful analysis of Canmore sites I have come to the following conclusions:
Canmore searches for Machermore are not relevant as they are all discredited or clearance cairns.
Canmore searches for Culroy have produced several clearance cairns, three ruined cairns and two well preserved cairns.

1) Canmore ID 62210 See White Cairn, Culroy
2) Canmore ID 62231 See Culroy Farm Cairn
3) Canmore ID 62260 A dilapidated cairn covered by whins and some clearance stones
4) Canmore ID 62271 This is the well preserved Barrow listed as Machermore/Culroy
5) Canmore ID 62282 A possible cairn with whins & clearance stones added.

Machermore

Visited 14.10.18
The Machermore cairn should be called Culroy Cairn as it is on Culroy farmland. A Canmore search for Culroy will find these cairns.
The cairn is almost perfectly preserved except for some exposed stones on the E flank. It’s location in a flat field elevates this cairn into my top 10.
I found the cairn to the E, however it is covered by whins and in poor condition.
Culroy White Cairn lies 50 yards of the Y junction at Culroy farm around 1/2 mile up the road.
I have plans to revisit to sort out the remaining cairns. Canmore’s 1911 visit seems to have been over enthusiastic in it’s cairn nominations.

Sites within 20km of Machermore