The Glebe Cairn

Nearest town:
Lochgilphead (11km SSE)
OS reference:
NR833989
OS sheet:
55
Latitude:
56° 8' 0.35 N
Longitude:
5° 29' 15.82 W

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Image of The Glebe Cairn (Cairn) by drewbhoy

It’s been a long time since my last visit here, 30 years perhaps. Been past a few times since, this time I was driving :-)

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 17, 2023
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The Glebe Cairn

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jun 16, 2023
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We parked in front of Kilmartin Parish Church and walked past the soon to be opened visitor centre to the track just beyond which leads straight to the Glebe and its sheep bodyguards.

It has been a long time since my last visit and its good to see the local greenkeepers keep the grass short. At 35m in width and 4m tall it is the most northern cairn of the Kilmartin Prehistoric walk.

On we go.

Visited 04/04/2023.

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The Glebe Cairn

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CARL Aug 6, 2015
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As luck would have it I ‘had’ to pass the Glebe cairn to get back to the B+B – honest!

On my last visit I settled for a view from the museum cafe due to the rain. But, as we all know, that isn’t the same as a proper visit. It was getting dark and I didn’t have long.

I walked over the top of the cairn – not sure if this is the ‘done thing’ – but it seemed the natural thing to do. Just me, the sheep and a large pile of grey stones. I crossed the field in the gloom and headed up the hill to the B+B. And back to reality............

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The Glebe Cairn

IronMan
IronMan Oct 25, 2002
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This site is definitely worth seeing! Okay, like landells says, it is a pile of old stones, at the end of the day – but seen up close and in context with the other sites in this group it completes the picture. This is more like the other sites would have looked in their final stages of development, after all. The cairn looked wonderful in the frost.

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