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Cairnholy
Sign in to saveCairnholy (or Cairn Holy) is the site of two Neolithic chambered tombs of the Clyde type. It is located 4 kilometres east of the village of Carsluith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The tombs are scheduled monuments in the care of Historic Scotland.
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Cairn Holy Chambered Cairns | Historic Scotland
Wander the lonely resting place of a mythical Scottish king at this pair of Neolithic burial monuments.
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7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Cairnholy I
- Cairnholy II
- Other prehistoric monuments
- Kirkdale Church
- References
- External links
Cairnholy (or Cairn Holy) is the site of two Neolithic chambered tombs of the Clyde type. It is located 4 kilometres east of the village of Carsluith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The tombs are scheduled monuments in the care of Historic Scotland.
The name Cairnholy represents Gaelic *Càrn na h-ulaidhe ‘cairn of the stone tomb’.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cairnholy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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