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Argyll and Bute (Mainland)
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Achalevan Cairn(s) |
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Achnacree Chambered Tomb |
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Achnacreebeag Chambered Tomb |
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Achnagoul I Chambered Cairn |
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Achnagoul II Chambered Cairn |
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An Fuaran Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art |
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Ardachearanbeg Chambered Cairn |
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Ardachearanbeg Standing Stone / Menhir |
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Ardchonnell Chambered Cairn |
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Ardlamont Point Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art |
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Ardmarnock Chambered Cairn |
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Ardnadam Chambered Cairn |
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Ardno Cairn(s) |
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Ardrishaig, Robber's Den Hillfort |
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Auchachenna Chambered Cairn |
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Auchagoyle Cup Marked Stone |
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Auchalick Wood Hillfort |
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Auchengaich Bullaun Stone |
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Auchenlochan Cup Marked Stone |
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Auchnagarran Standing Stone / Menhir |
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1 site Auchnaha Chambered Cairn |
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Balliemore Standing Stones |
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Barbreck Stone Row / Alignment |
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Barmore Wood Chambered Cairn |
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Barnashaig (Tayvallich) Standing Stone / Menhir |
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Barrackan cairns Cairn(s) |
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Benderloch Standing Stone / Menhir |
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Benderloch B Standing Stone / Menhir |
Braids
Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art
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45 posts
1 site Brainport Bay Solar Alignment Stone Row / Alignment |
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Caisteal Nan Coin Dubh Stone Fort / Dun |
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Clachan of Glendarvel Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art |
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Clachan Strachur shcoolhouse Stone Circle (Destroyed) |
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Cladich Chambered Cairn |
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Colintraive Cairn(s) |
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Crarae Garden Chambered Cairn |
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Dalmu' Neasiag Cup Marked Stone |
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Dalnaneun Farm, Loch Nell Chambered Cairn |
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Drumfad Cup Marked Stone |
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Duachy Standing Stones |
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Dunan Aula Cist |
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Evanachan Farm Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art |
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Glenmachrie Stone Row / Alignment |
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Inistrynich Crannog |
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Inveraray Cairns Cairn(s) |
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Inveraray Castle Standing Stone / Menhir |
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Inveryne Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art |
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Inveryne Standing Stones |
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Kames Standing Stones |
Keppochan Cup Marked Boulder
Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art
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95 sites Kilmartin Area |
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Kilmory Knap Chapel Bullaun Stone |
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42 sites Kintyre |
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Lephinkill Chambered Cairn |
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Lephinmore Cup Marked Stone |
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Lochan A'chirn Cairn(s) |
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Loch Nell |
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Low Stillaig Standing Stone / Menhir |
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Nelson's Monument Standing Stone / Menhir |
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North Beachmore Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art |
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Pier House Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art |
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Port Sonachan Chambered Cairn |
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Serpent Mound, Loch Nell Artificial Mound |
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Shemore Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art |
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Sluggan Standing Stone / Menhir |
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Stillaig Standing Stones |
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4 sites The Strontoiller Group |
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Stuckindroin Cairn(s) |
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Tom Nam Clach Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art |
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Turnalt Farm Carving |
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Upper Fernoch (Tayvallich) Standing Stone / Menhir |
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The Bull Stone Natural Rock Feature |
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4,000 Year Old Bronze Age Axe Heads Found In Argyll http://www.scotsman.com/news/4-000-year-old-bronze-age-axe-heads-found-in-argyll-1-4268374 |
Posted by drewbhoy27th October 2016ce |
Remains of at least two bodies found in ancient graveThis is a tentative guess for this news item in Ardnamurchan... Archaeologists have discovered the remains of at least two bodies in a Bronze Age burial cist in a remote area of the west Highlands... continues... |
Posted by moss19th August 2014ce |
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Archaeologists In Oban Discover Bronze Age Was Height Of Cool They had fridges, state of art heating systems and possibly even access to a sauna. More info : http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/arcaheologists-in-oban-discover-bronze-age-was-height-of-coll-1-2335347 |
Posted by drewbhoy 3rd June 2012ce |
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Hopes Heritage Trail Will Boost Mid Argyll Tourism A New path links the Crinan canal with Carnasserie Castle. (Kilmartin is nearby) More info : http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2175522 |
Posted by drewbhoy 12th March 2011ce |
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Mr. Lang, in his article on the' Cup and Ring,'* mentions how in Argyll a woman who desires to have a baby will slide down a cup-marked {i.e., an inscribed) rock, and adds that the sliding is attested by a chief of Clan Diarmid... J. H. RIVETT-CARNAC. Schloss Wildeck, Switzerland.From Notes and Queries, April 27th, 1901. *I believe this refers to the 1899 article in the 'Contemporary Review'. |
Posted by Rhiannon28th August 2006ce Edited 28th August 2006ce |
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ADSMid Argyll: a field survey of the historic and prehistoric monuments - by Marion Campbell and Mary L S Sandeman. This article is cited frequently in the Canmore records for the area, and was printed in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland v 95 (1961/2). |
Posted by Rhiannon 3rd July 2012ce |
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Nether Largie (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Links |
Canmore ID 39487Nether Largie Standing Stone on Canmore |
Posted by markj99 26th September 2021ce |
Nether Largie (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
   
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Posted by markj99 26th September 2021ce |
Nether Largie (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Fieldnotes |
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Visited 30.04.10 Nether Largie Standing Stone is located c. 150 yards NNW of the Great X of Kilmartin. The c. 5 ft tall stone had a c. 30 degree lean to the SE when I visited but it was reset to a vertical position in 2015. Canmore ID 39487 (go to Links) has pictures of the erect stone taken in 2019 in My Canmore contributions. |
Posted by markj99 26th September 2021ce |
Kilmartin (Cup Marked Stone) — Links |
Kilmartin (misc sites) on BRAC UpdatedKilmartin (misc sites) Cup and Ring Markings on BRAC |
Posted by markj99 17th September 2021ce |
Ardrishaig, Robber's Den (Hillfort) — Folklore |
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Sometime before 1490 (maybe even centuries before!) a young lad named McVicar was tending to his mother’s cow near Brenfield on the shore of Loch Fyne. A party of cattle-raiders passed by, and he spied on them, taking note of where they were heading. According to one story, the raiders were MacAllisters from Tarbert, while another version says they were MacNeills from the Isles. The old maps record them as Campbells. Whoever they were, they had been stealing cattle from the MacIvers of Glassary, who were kinsmen of the lad’s mother. He lost no time in running home and raising the alarm. The MacIvers were known as the ‘Shaggy Black Horses of Glassary’, and they weren’t best pleased. Cattle raiding was rife between clans, and besides the insult to their pride, the loss of livestock inflicted hardship and starvation on families. Quickly gathering a band of vengeful warriors, they galloped off in pursuit, with the young lad as their guide. They were armed to the teeth, and they’d also had the forethought to bring along the ’wise woman’ of the clan, a witch whose powerful sorcery was only effective while she was mounted on horseback. They followed the raiders’ tracks through Stronachullin and along the old drove-road over Sliabh Gaoil; then they headed south-west, skirting low rocky hills and isolated lochans until they caught sight of their quarry at a little place named Carse, where the Learg an Uinnsinn river empties into Loch Stornoway. Here they fell on the cattle raiders with unbridled fury. In the heat of the battle, the MacNeills (or MacAllisters, or Campbells!) recognised the witch and yanked her rudely from the saddle. Panick-stricken, the MacIvers yelled, ‘Cur a’Chailleach air a capull!’ (‘Get the old one back onto her mare!’) But it seemed that the wise woman had other ideas. Perhaps she sensed imminent defeat, or maybe she’d had enough of being used as a battle-witch! Leaping back onto her horse, she galloped away from the mayhem and fled westwards, halting atop a rocky knoll with sweeping views southwards towards the Sound of Gigha. Here, with the sea yawning below her, she leapt and was gone… Meanwhile, down on the shore, the MacIvers knew that fortune had deserted them but they were fighting grimly on. By this time, other people had got involved: an onlooker, a MacNab, was pursued by four attackers and only saved himself by leaping across a gorge. At least one head had been lost, because the victors later proudly washed it in a river pool known as Slochd na Cinn, ‘the Pool of the Head’. The young McVicar lad escaped with his life, but it was said that he became an outcast, living in an old fort known as the ‘robber’s den’ above Ardrishaig. He was a menace to his neighbours so one night his thatch was set alight and he was killed while trying to escape. Meanwhile, in a place where the calls of oystercatchers and curlews float up from the ebbing tide, the MacIver clansmen were buried. Standing stones were said to mark their graves. Miss Marion Campbell of Kilberry ‘The Kist’, the Magazine of the Natural History and Antiquarian Society of Mid-Argyll 1974 |
Posted by drewbhoy 2nd August 2021ce |
Ardrishaig, Robber's Den (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes |
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From our accommodation in Ardrishaig we headed down to the Crinan Canal and walked north along West Bank Road until to come to the Kilduskland Burn. Follow the path west, climbing steadily, cross two wooden bridges looking for a small waterfall near a reasonably sized pool. The fort is on the northern side, then head east. Sadly vegetation has taken over much of the fort. Outer defences are reached or tripped over on the west side. Both sides of the fort are protected by sheer drops falling into two steams. Buildings in the fort are almost impossible to make out but are there. A winter time visit needed to really see what's going on here. Still a very nice, cool walk amongst the trees after a long car journey. Even better a pub on the shore at the bottom of the hill. Visited 23/07/2021. |
Posted by drewbhoy 2nd August 2021ce |
Ardrishaig, Robber's Den (Hillfort) — Images |
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Posted by drewbhoy 1st August 2021ce |
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