{"id":172,"date":"2012-01-20T12:09:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T12:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaffematthews.net\/Yird_Muin_Starn\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2013-03-01T14:31:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T14:31:49","slug":"2-the-culsharg-discovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kaffematthews.net\/Yird_Muin_Starn\/2-the-culsharg-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"2. Culsharg and the mound discovery."},"content":{"rendered":"

Week two field research begins in the Wee Curry Sho<\/a>p with Duncan Lunan,<\/a> the astronomer who designed the Sighthill Stone Circle<\/a>(1979). It’s believed to be the first astronomically aligned circle to be built in the UK for 3,000 years and sits on the short cut across the park that McIntosh used to take on her way to school. To meet such an astronomical local who also has installing stone experience is brilliant. He’s also delighted that new star gazing building is afoot.<\/p>\n

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Off early, they’re soon crossing the Galloway park – mission to head to Culsharg<\/a> to assess road access for build and walking access for visitors. Still open to other site possibilities, they stop at Loch Dee on the way. It’s a 30min stroll through plantation to a small body of water nestled in hills, is pretty, safe and enclosed, and without the space or energy of Culsharg of little interest. 30mins later, The Pig<\/em> is handling the forest road to Culsharg. With harvested trees either side, its a grim drive.
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Gradually climbing, the road gets closer to the edge of the valley, and suddenly they’re looking back and across this huge space to the sky and down on the forest. There’s a mound<\/strong> that sits at the top of it, overlooking.\u00a0 What a site.
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