Mid Gleniron is a chambered cairn in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
What follows is drawn from published sources, with each claim labelled by how firmly it is established.
Plan your visit
- Location
- 54.9101°N · 4.8286°W
- Access
- Open access
- Terrain
- Easy going
Nearby places
Building or ruin · Medieval
Glenluce Abbey
Dumfries and Galloway
It preserves the story of a Cistercian house whose lands and manuscripts became prizes in the power struggles that followed the Scottish Reformation.
Carved stone · Prehistoric
Laggangairn Standing Stones
Dumfries and Galloway
The two surviving stones were likely erected about 2000 BC. Tradition holds they were originally part of a circle of up to 14 stones; seven still r…
- Near New Luce
- 164 min walk from car park
- Easy path
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