New Luce

The Caves of Kilhern, between 2,000 and 3,000 years old, are in south New Luce.

Cairn na Gath ("cairn of the wild cat"), near Balmurrie, is a chambered long cairn dating to the neolithic (later stone-age). At the south end there are remains of huts or enclosures.[6] In addition, there are ancient hut circles at Lagafater, around 8 miles to the north of New Luce.[7]

Cairn Macneilie, 100 metres (330 ft) north-west of Cruise, New Luce, is a Bronze Age round cairn, 56 feet (17 m) in diameter and 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) high.[8][9] There is another Cairn Macneilie at Inch Parks, by Lochinch Castle in Inch Parish. They may have been named after a person who conducted archaeological excavations.

Rev. George Wilson, in his Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway, lists forts in New Luce:[10]

1. Cruise Back Fell, fort marked on the map as two cairns, 80 ft long, on the Fell of Cruise or High Galdenoch.[11]
2. Gleniron Several fort with a cluster of green rings, and a large ditch and mote.[12][13]
3. Mid Gleniron [14]
4. Mid Gleniron tomb, where the long cairn had enclosed an earlier smaller one.[15]
5. Garvilland Iron-age hill fort on the Bennan, double at the one end and with hut circles.[16]
6. Klashherne, two rings, and three more, not on O.S. map.[17]
7. Balmurrie, ring with two hut circles.