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Auld Wife's Grave, Cairnscarrow

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Auld Wife's Grave, Cairnscarrow is one of 13 chambered tombs the Albion Guide lists in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest station is Stranraer, 8.1 km to the south-west. For more of the same, Cairn na Gath, Balmurrie Fell and Cairn Kenny are close by.

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