What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mains of Dhuloch as Burial Cairn (later Prehistoric), Axe Hammer (sandstone)(later Prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A later prehistoric burial cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its association with a sandstone axe hammer, indicating ritual deposition practices of the period.
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Places near here
Dogstone HillFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 555 yd
GlengyreAxehead (stone)(period Unassigned) · 975 yd
Little GlengyreCairn (bronze Age)(possible), Cremation(s) (bronze Age), Battleaxe (bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (bronze Age), Pygmy Cup (bronze Age), Scraper (tool) (flint)(bronze Age) · 1274 yd
WierstonFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
High Kirkland HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
MarslauchTower House (medieval) · 1.6 mi
Castle Ban MotteArchaeological place · 1.8 mi
North Aldouran WoodWood · 2.0 mi
Aldouran Wetland Garden & Woodland TrailsNature reserve · 2.2 mi
Princess Royal: Craig Laggan, Rhinns of Galloway, North ChannelPaddle Steamer (19th Century)-(1856) · 2.6 mi
Eclipse: Genoch Rocks, Rhinns of Galloway, North ChannelSloop (19th Century) · 3.2 mi
PortbegBay · 4.0 mi