Culquhasen SE

Nearest town:
Wigtown (19km ENE)
OS reference:
NX2435453159
OS sheet:
82
Latitude:
54° 50' 32.24 N
Longitude:
4° 44' 8.56 W
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Image of Culquhasen SE (Cairn(s)) by markj99

Dry Stane Dyke bisecting N Arc of Culquhasen SE Cairn.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
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markj99 Oct 11, 2024

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Culquhasen SE

markj99
markj99 Oct 11, 2024

Visited 11.10.24

Culquhasen SE Cairn is located in the NE corner of a field c. 0.33 mile SE of Culquhasen Farm, c. 4 mile SE of Glenluce in Dumfries and Galloway. Medium-sized clearance stones have been deposited on the S and E perimeter of the round cairn. The ruined stony cairn has been bisected by a dry stane dyke across the N arc. Canmore ID 62247 estimated that the original cairn measured 18m in diameter and 1.8m high. The S half of Culquhasen SE Cairn retains a covering of small stones: The N half has been robbed of stones leaving a grassy surface truncated by the stone wall. The area N of the wall has been populated by long grass and gorse bushes obscuring the original surface of the cairn. The remains of Culquhasen SE Cairn are c. 6 feet high.

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Culquhasen SE
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markj99
markj99 Oct 12, 2024

This route involves a walk of 0.25 miles along the A747 Port William road. Care should be taken: cars tend to drive fast around a sharp corner. The cross country route is an assault course: It includes crossing 3 dry stane dykes and a burn but no electric fences fortunately. Wellies are essential for this walk due to the burn crossing.

Directions to Culquhasen SE Cairn: Take the A747 Port William turn off the A75 at Glenluce. Follow the A747 for c. 4.1 miles to reach a lay-by at Auchenmalg Village Hall. Park up and walk back up the A747 for c. 0.25 mile to a gateway on the right. Turn right into the field. Follow the margin of the field to a gate in the corner after c. 130 yards. Continue along the margin of the field for c. 300 yards to reach a dry stane dyke. Cross over the dyke and continue E along the margin of the field for c. 230 yards to reach a burn. Walk c. 30 yards from the corner of the field down the burn to reach a obvious path across the burn. The bank sides are steep but you can drop carefully into the shallow water and scramble up the other side to step over a barbed wire fence. Continue E along the edge of the field for c. 200 yards to reach another stone wall. Walk c. 25 yards S down the wall to reach a water tank which makes crossing the wall easier. After another c. 130 yards there is a gate in the corner of the field. Go through the gate and climb over the stone wall into the next field. Walk E then N along the margin of the field for c. 0.3 mile to reach the NE corner of the field. Culquhasen SE Cairn is a stony mound adjacent to the dry stane dyke. My route is viewable on Culquhasen SE.

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