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Glebe Cairn
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Glebe Cairn submitted by PaulH on 1st Apr 2003. Kilmartin Valley
Glebe Cairn
NR 833989
Glebe cairn was constructed between 2000 and 1500 BC. It was built on the site of two earlier stone circles, and contained two burial cists
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Nether Largie Stone Row
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Nether Largie Stone Row submitted by dougie on 5th Feb 2013. I was at Kilmartin the other day and found that the northern outlier of the five Nether Largie stones had fallen. I've reported this to Historic Scotland and they said they know about it, hopefully they will take some action soon.
Photo copyright Douglas Scott, author of Watchers of the Dawn
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Temple Wood S
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Temple Wood S submitted by funsize on 4th Jun 2007. This is a cracking site. Large cobble mound with slivers of upright slabs and a central cist. Very accessible and one of many impressive sites within a small area of the Kilmartin Valley. This shows the larger cairn, there is a smaller one ringed by trees a stones throw to the south west.
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Nether Largie North
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Nether Largie North submitted by jeffrep on 15th Mar 2008. Nether Largie Cairn North, Kilmartin Glen.
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Nether Largie South
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Nether Largie South submitted by Jenny on 10th Jun 2002. Middle-earth Gallery
The Barrow-wight
"He thought there were two eyes, very cold though lit with a pale light..."
Fellowship of the Ring
Book One Chapter VIII
Inside Nether Largie South chambered cairn, Kilmartin, Argyl : a wight's-eye view.
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Ballymeanoch Kerb Cairn
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ballymeanoch Kerb Cairn submitted by caradoc68 on 11th Dec 2011. NR 83395 96429, Kerb cairn, Ballymean. Kilmartin Glen is a very interesting area in Argyll rich in Archaeology. This Kerb cairn in know exception, being on private land the farmer has kindly fenced it off with pubic access to severely Neolithic/Bronze age features in this field.
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Ballymeanoch Henge
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Henge
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ballymeanoch Henge submitted by caradoc68 on 11th Dec 2011. NR 8331 9628, Ballymeanoch Henge. Very interesting site hidden away in the corner of the field it is worth looking at in detail as you have two possibly three kists, in the middle of this medium/small henge.
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Ballymeanoch Stone Row
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ballymeanoch Stone Row submitted by jeffrep on 15th Mar 2008. The Four-Stone Row at Ballymeanoch in Kilmartin Glen
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Dun Mor, Dunamuck
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dun Mor, Dunamuck submitted by Creative Commons on 7th Feb 2012. Dun Mor. A dun is a stone fort, and this area has many, most often found on the summit of small knolls like this one.
Copyright Patrick Mackie and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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Dunadd Fort
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dunadd Fort submitted by andy_h on 6th Mar 2003. Footstone at Dunadd Fort, Kilmartin Valley, Argyll.
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Achnabreck
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Achnabreck 1 submitted by rockartuk on 29th Oct 2002. Achnabreck, Strathclyde NR 8556 9070
Located 2.5 km NW of Lochgilphead, with signposted public access
A cup-and-ring motif catched in the low afternoon sun
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Dun Chuain
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dun Chuain submitted by SolarMegalith on 8th May 2013. Slope of a rocky hillock with Dun Chuain and view towards Kilmartin Burn valley (photo taken on April 2013).
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Dunamuck South
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dunamuck South submitted by Creative Commons on 7th Feb 2012. The two stones are only around 0.35m thick and appear to line up with the hill on which the dun of Dunadd was later built.
Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Kilmichael Glassary 2
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kilmichael Glassary 2 submitted by SolarMegalith on 30th Apr 2013. Cup with five rings on Kilmichael Glassary 2 panel (photo taken on April 2013).
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Dunamuck North
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dunamuck North submitted by Creative Commons on 7th Feb 2012. Only the northerly stone still stands (August 2011).
The May 1983 entry in the "Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland" reports that only the middle stone had fallen by then.
Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Kilmichael Glassary 1
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Kilmichael Glassary 1 submitted by hamish on 31st Jul 2005. What a great sight this is on the edge of a housing estate. For all the modernity around it is still enthralling to be here so much to see. Try counting them.
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Dun Torbhlaran
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Dun Torbhlaran submitted by SolarMegalith on 7th May 2013. Remains of Dun Torbhlaran - view from the N-NE (photo taken on April 2013).
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Log Text: Difficult to access, but the panoramic view is rewarding.
Torbhlaran Stone
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Torbhlaran Stone submitted by rockartuk on 9th Dec 2002. Torbhlaren, Strathclyde, Argyll and Bute
Main Grid Ref: NR86359451.
Located 1 km NNE of Kilmichael Glassery, 190m N of Glenalva Cottage in a (private?) field.
A cup-marked standing stone.
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Torbhlaran 2
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Torbhlaran 2 submitted by rockartuk on 9th Dec 2002. Torbhlaren, Strathclyde, Argyll and Bute
Main Grid Ref: NR86359451.
Located 1 km NNE of Kilmichael Glassery, 190m N of Glenalva Cottage in a (private?) field.
A possible spiral motif on the N-side of the most Northerly whale-back schist outcrop. First reported by Miss Marion Campbell in 1960.
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Torbhlaran 1
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Torbhlaran 1 submitted by SolarMegalith on 30th Apr 2013. Cup-and-ring mark with a gutter on Torbhlaran 1 panel (photo taken on April 2013).
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