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Start this series of walks at the Walkers Car Park on Furnance Road at Kames to the south of Muirkirk village.

Climb Cairn Table (10km), visit The Twa Brigs (5.5km), take an extended stroll over the old road south to Sanquhar (28km) or walk along the route of the former Muirkirk railway tracks (4km)

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Cairn Table (593m) dominates the horizon rising to its lonely height on the edge of the Southern Uplands. This is more a climb than a walk and from the top of the hill on a clear day, the Isle of Arran, Ben Lomond and the Galloway Hills can be seen. The hill is topped by three cairns, two of which reputedly lie on top of the remains of some of the druids of early years.

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Parking available a a quarter mile from Priesthill for the walk to the memorial to John Brown, Covenanter

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Walk out over moorlands, past Glenbuck Bog (source of the River Ayr), to where Covenanter John Brown was fatally shot in 1685.

A monument stands inside a stone wall which marks and encloses the grave.

Waterproof footwear recommended.