Glenquicken

Also known as:
Billy Diamond's bridge and Cambret Moor
Nearest town:
Wigtown (9km WSW)
OS reference:
NX509583
OS sheet:
83
Latitude:
54° 53' 49.01 N
Longitude:
4° 19' 31.15 W

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Image of Glenquicken (Stone Circle) by costaexpress

Dumfries and Galloway in January! doesn’t get any better than this lovely circle, difficult to asses how original it is, however, on this particular day I just wanted to spend time here and enjoy here.

costaexpress
costaexpress Feb 10, 2020
Image of Glenquicken (Stone Circle) by costaexpress

What an unusual circle, although not at all similar did it have the same purpose as Boscawen-Un?

costaexpress
costaexpress Feb 10, 2020
Image of Glenquicken (Stone Circle) by postman

My third time here, and the second in near dark. The rains back.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 11, 2014
Image of Glenquicken (Stone Circle) by Howburn Digger

Sunset on Friday 13 April 2012 looking across the circle to the masts on Cambret Hill. I love the intrusive stamp of our ancient forebears on the 20th Century telecommunications equipment. It’s quite in the spirit of “The Changes” or “Children of the Stones”. A lovely place. I set up half a dozen Red Deer as I turned past the dyke to visit the cist across the burn.

Image credit: Howburn Digger
Howburn Digger
Howburn Digger Apr 14, 2012
Image of Glenquicken (Stone Circle) by GLADMAN

Where’s ThighPaulSandra to add a touch of cosmic glamour when you need him?

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Aug 17, 2010
Image of Glenquicken (Stone Circle) by GLADMAN

Aerial view, looking approx west from Cambret Hill

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jul 4, 2010
Image of Glenquicken (Stone Circle) by rockartwolf

The view from Cambret Hill looking down over Glenquicken moor and to the circle.

Image credit: © Brian Kerr 2007
rockartwolf
rockartwolf Aug 31, 2007
Image of Glenquicken (Stone Circle) by rockartuk

View to the ESE with the radio/tv masts on Cambret Hill left in the background

rockartuk
rockartuk Jun 8, 2005
Image of Glenquicken (Stone Circle) by moey

On my lonesome on a weekend in the Western Lowlands, I found myself here chatting to the guy in the pic. He talked about how his life was full of multiple coincidences.
Just the previous evening I had phoned my mother from Newton Stewart (Tourhousekie) not having had a destination for the weekend I ended up somewhere I had never been before. She told me it was her wedding anniversary. Thirty Three years ago that very day she had spent her Honeymoon....... In Newton Stewart

moey
moey Oct 10, 2001

Articles

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tomatoman Feb 23, 2021

Visited Glenquicken on a fine winter’s day yesterday to check out my favourite local circle. For any potential visitors, be aware that a brand new large segment of forestry has recently been planted towards the lee of Cambret Hill. Won’t be an issue for quite a while but, IMHO, it will spoil the site ambience for the future.

Glenquicken

postman
postman Nov 17, 2007

I’d just come straight from Cairnholy and sped here before it got too dark, but even in the dark it would still ooze perfection . I sat for too long almost forgetting my wife and dog in the car .(easily done) the sky was awesome, plenty of stones to sit and watch the sky looking pretty. If you like stone circles (and iv’e an inkling you do ) then you’ll have to come here .

Glenquicken

Hob
Hob Sep 15, 2005

Access for wheelchairs/buggies isn’t too bad. There are no kissing gates, and the two gates that you must go through are quite straightforward.

There’s few hundred metres of fairly rough ground though, not too boggy, but a bit bumpy. Wheeled contrivances would need about 4-5 inches clearance below the axle.

The size difference between the central stone and those surrounding it prompted my daughter to inform me that this was a school for rocks, and that the one in the middle was the teacher, and the small ones in a circle around it were the children, she wouldn’t elucidate as to what the lesson was about.

Glenquicken

Vicster
Vicster Nov 1, 2004

On my oldish (1970s?) OS map of this area, 2 circles are shown either side of Englishman’s Burn. We found Glenquickan but couldn’t find the 2nd, although a friendly walker we happened upon assured us that he had come across it some years earlier. Strangely enough, when I looked at the most up-to-date map, no trace of that 2nd circle to be found....

Anyway, loved this site and found it almost too perfect to be true. It felt like a Disney circle, almost perfectly round, with lovely stones surrounding a large central stone. From the roadside, you can just make out the central stone, which appears to be a singular standing stone – makes it all the more impressive as you approach and see the circle come into view.

Set in the most beautiful of landscapes (if you can ignore the masts and satellite dishes on the hill above.....) and the most amazing toadstools I have ever seen – all they needed was a pixie sat astride!!

Glenquicken

stubob
stubob Oct 22, 2003

This is an excellent circle in a great setting....with its low circle of stones and fat central stone the site looks a sorta of a beefed up Bullstones/Cleulow Cross. It’s definitely one to track down.

Another thing the two sites share are the ‘caps’ growing up through the moorland grass this time of year.....an added bonus.

Glenquicken

pebblesfromheaven
pebblesfromheaven Jan 27, 2003

Just like to say this is in the running for my favourite circle.
Cute and perfectly formed (perhaps too perfect?)
And it has nice memories for me.
And I found the cist.

.o0O0o.

Glenquicken

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franmort Nov 19, 2001

As with so many of these tiny sites, none of the locals we asked had any idea where it was , or even that it was there at all! Managed to locate it eventually, by process of elimination (ie. there aren’t that many roads going out of Creetown) but when we found it..WOW! What a beautiful, peaceful place. As already mentioned, it isn’t easy to get to, especially as recent problems in the countryside may have made farmers with cloven-hoofed livestock a bit edgy, but we went ages before the outbreak and as far as I know, it didn’t get across that far anyway. Ho hum. The picture in Mr Cope’s book is quite deceptive, making it look a lot bigger, but the real thing is small and perfectly formed...could have stayed all day...nothing but birds crying above...no traffic noises, being so high up above the village and main road.

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Gazza May 18, 2000

I started the day at Cairnholy chambered tombs, which were eerie in their gaunt, skeletal sort of way. I then went to Glenquickan via wandering around a field for ages amongst narky sheep trying to find a cup and ring marked rock. I found many rocks, but no cup and ring marked ones. Anyway, I then drove along the old military road (crap name, but a superb road!) into the wilds of the moors. The site’s very phallic centre stone is visible over a tall drystone wall, and there’s even a nice place to park by a gurgling stream. Aubrey Burl is right about the fences – a bit of a diversion to get to the site, but it’s only a couple of minutes stroll through a herd of sociable sheep with offspring of various sizes. The first impression is that the wire fence actually touches the monument – takes a bit of the polish off it, but after a bit it just doesn’t matter. Glenquickan is so perfectly situated and formed, with another burn trickling behind it. A large transmitter arial looms over from the east, but again it doesn’t matter. This is such a peaceful, powerful site and rewards a visit beyond description.

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GaryB Sep 15, 2005
Ancient Stones

An entry from Ancient Stones, an online database that covers most of the standing stones, stone circles and other stones found in South East Scotland. Each entry includes details, directions, photograph, folklore, parking and field notes on each location.

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