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Stone axe roughout, Dunragit

A complete roughout for a stone axe. It has a narrow rounded butt, a broad blade and oval cross-sec

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Cairnderry Chambered Cairn

Cairnderry is a Neolithic chambered cairn of the 'Bargrennan' type, with small separate burial chamb

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Stone Circle, Torhouse

A stone circle consisting of 19 granite boulders set on end on the circumference of a circle about 2

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Neolithic Cursus, Holywood

This Early Neolithic cursus has square terminals and is defined by a broad ditch, which is broken b

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Laggangarn Standing Stone

Two cross-marked standing stones, of grey Silurian sandstone, traditionally said to be the survivors

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Loupin Stanes, Eskdale

The stone circle known as the 'Loupin' Stanes' is an oval circle, situated on a low rise close to th

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Girdlestanes, Eskdale

'Girdle Stanes', a stone circle measuring about 37m in diameter. Erosion by river action has removed

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Dunragit Aerial Images

Timber henge, Dunragit A large Neolithic circular enclosure with two concentric rows of pits, an

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Dunragit Henge and Mote

Excavation by Manchester Unviversity in the early 2000s showing the two arcs of large post-holes at

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Dunragit Henge Excavation

One of the curving lines of pits for the posts of a circular Neolithic enclosure at Dunragit, during

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Burial Cairn, Cairnholy II

This Clyde-type chambered cairn is traditionally the tomb of Caldus, the mythical Scottish King. Its

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Burial Cairn, Cairnholy I

This Clyde-type chambered long cairn is a conspicuous monument measuring 56m by 16m, with a monument

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