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there have been as a rule chambers or enclosures
within them.

18th May
Still beautiful weather. Bicycled N. [North] past Culvennan
and leaving the Glenluce road at Tarf Bridge took
a very rough hill road to Dranigower. Leaving
our bicycles by the roadside 1/2 m. [mile] from Balmurrie
we set off on a long tramp under a cloudless sky to
Laggangarn.

New Luce Par. [Parish] Cairn-na-Gath (19)
Situated on the lower Western slope of Balmurrie
Fell and some 3/4 m. [mile] NE [North East] of Balmurrie is a
large cairn bearing the name of Cairn-na-Gath.
It is oblong in form lying with its longest axis
N and S. [North and South], Its total length is 100’, its breadth at the
N. [North] end 34’, and at the S. [South] 64’. The elevation at
the N [North] end is about 8’ and at the S. [South] about 9’ but
as the level of the ground rises towards the
latter direction its height seems relatively greater.
At the S. [South] end the cairn is much dilapidated
and there are remains of small huts or shelters
which have been erected within it. At the E. [East]
corner a small area appears to have been levelled and
on it there has been erected a slight wall
of boulders enclosing a circular space of about
12’ dia. [diameter] and an inner circle of about 5’ diameter.
A mass of stone projects Southwards from the
SW. [South West] corner which seems to be connected with

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