| Introduction
Dumfries and Galloway region lies in the south
west corner of Scotland and is by far the largest, and from
the point of view of ancient stones, the richest area in the
south of Scotland. Covering almost 6500 square km, the
region has a wide variety of stone circles, standing stones,
named stones, cairns and chambered cairns, the latter not
found elsewhere in southern Scotland. To date around 20
sites have been visited, photographed and recorded by the
author leaving more than 60 known sites listed for
future trips and an unknown number of sites such as cairns
and prehistoric rock art, still to be looked at for possible
inclusion. This region offer arguably some of the most
interesting and spectacular ancient stones in Scotland and
there are plenty of opportunities for the stone hunter to
find lost sites.
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