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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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Achnamara Cairn(s) |
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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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Ariogan Cairn(s) |
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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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1 site 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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1 site Barnluasgan Stone Fort / Dun |
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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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1 site Brainport Bay Solar Alignment Stone Row / Alignment |
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Caisteal Nan Coin Dubh Stone Fort / Dun |
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Carn Mor Cairn(s) |
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Castle Sween Cairn(s) |
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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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Cleigh 1 & 2 Cairn(s) |
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Colintraive Cairn(s) |
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Cosandrochaid Stone Fort / Dun |
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Crarae Garden Chambered Cairn |
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Dalmu' Neasiag Cup Marked Stone |
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Dalnacabaig Cairn(s) |
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Dalnaneun Farm, Loch Nell Chambered Cairn |
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Drimnagall Wood Cave / Rock Shelter |
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Droineach Cairn(s) |
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Druim An Duin Stone Fort / Dun |
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Drumfad Cup Marked Stone |
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Drum A' Chladha Cairn(s) |
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Duachy Standing Stones |
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Dunan Aula Cist |
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Dun A' Bhealaich Hillfort |
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Dun A' Chogaidh Hillfort |
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Dun Beag (Castle Sween) Stone Fort / Dun |
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Dun Beag (Knapdale) Stone Fort / Dun |
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Dun Bhronaig Stone Fort / Dun |
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Dun Iadain Hillfort |
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Dun Mhuirich Stone Fort / Dun |
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Dun Mor Hillfort |
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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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Invercairn Cairn(s) |
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Inverfolla 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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98 sites Kilmartin Area |
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Kilmore House Cairn(s) |
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Kilmory Knap Chapel Bullaun Stone |
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42 sites Kintyre |
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Learg Mhor Cup Marked Stone |
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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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Old Ulva Cairn(s) |
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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 |
Sites of disputed antiquity:
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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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Kilmartin Area — News |
Kilmartin: The museum showing treasures found on its doorstepKilmartin Glen - on the road between Lochgilphead and Oban - is a tranquil place, but it hasn't always been so. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-66696653 |
Posted by drewbhoy 3rd September 2023ce |
Creagantairbh (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Fieldnotes |
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Right next to the road, just north east from Glennan and its various sites. Fantastic stones, oh for the re-erection of the very tall fallen stone. Plenty cairns nearby, so my feet will visit this area again in the reasonably near future. Visited 07/04/2023. |
Posted by drewbhoy 24th July 2023ce |
Glennan Cairn 2 (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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A wee jump from the bigger next door cairn will see you land on a cairn that is over 6.5m wide and almost 1m in height. Also like its neighbour there has been some houking to the centre. Hints of a kerb remain. Overlooked by most, but another part of this countryside's jigsaw. Visited 07/04/2023. |
Posted by drewbhoy 24th July 2023ce |
Glennan (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Fieldnotes |
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Straight up the track from the road and you'll walk straight into the standing stone. It appears to have been included in a ruined dry stane dyke, which will be very old as well. Superb views for this 2.2m tall stone, plenty sites nearby for the next visit. Visited 07/04/2023. |
Posted by drewbhoy 24th July 2023ce |
Glennan Cairn (Cup Marked Stone) — Fieldnotes |
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Slightly to the east of Glennan 1 is a cup marked slab (there appears to be lots of cup marked slabs in the area, another visit required). Nine cup marks can be seen, three are slightly larger. Visited 07/04/2023. |
Posted by drewbhoy 22nd July 2023ce |
Glennan Cairn 1 (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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Head east on the B840, just north of Kilmartin, and pull in at the second track track heading south. If you can get a reasonable run and can jump the gate, you'll land on the cairn. Surrounded by wonderful scenery and prehistory Cairn 1 sits at over 11m wide being 1.5m tall. It has been houked revealing a probable cup marked cist cover at the centre of the site. Several kerbs remain in place. Next to road, open the gate, no need to jump. Visited 07/04/2023. |
Posted by drewbhoy 22nd July 2023ce |
Dun Beag (Castle Sween) (Stone Fort / Dun) — Fieldnotes |
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Walking south from the Castle Sween Cairn you head straight into the hill on which Dun Beag sits, after jumping the Beag Burn. The final climb and final site for this adventure in Knapdale. The walls here must have been huge, Canmore says entrance, but a gap on the north side might suggest such a place. It could also have been made at a later stage to make an enclosure. The north climb is a bit easier than the south, where the defences are best preserved. There is some amount of fallen stonework for a dun sitting at 10m wide. A popular area for duns / forts - there are plenty nearby. These other sites will have to wait till 2024 to see my feet. It started with dun / fort, it finished with a dun / fort. A great end to a great week. Visited 06/04/2023. |
Posted by drewbhoy 21st July 2023ce |
Castle Sween (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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I left my car at the entrance to Castle Sween and walked back up the minor road until I was beyond Castle Sween cottage. Cross a flat field to the west, then make the tricky but short descent to the field below. Look north and the grass covered cairn will be seen. A lovely well shaped site, 7m wide and 1m tall. Kerbs remain on the south arc, two large boulders on their side on the west could be the remains of a chamber, a large slab on the east might be a cist cover, it might belong to west slabs or it simply might have been dumped there. it would be nice to think it was a capstone to a small chamber. A lovely site on a lovely evening. Visited 06/04/2023. |
Posted by drewbhoy 21st July 2023ce |
Drum A' Chladha (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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Situated in the field at the entrance to Castle Sween and its massive caravan site Drum A' Chladha must have been huge, when it comes to width it still is. However it has been massively robbed and probably most of the stones can now be seen in the castle nearby. A lot of the boulder kerbs remain in place which circle the 30m wide site. At its tallest it is only 0.5m. As usual field clearance has been dumped in the middle. Intriguingly a couple of slab like stones remain on edge, possibly the remnants of a cist or small chamber. Plenty parking opposite the entrance to the caravan site. Worth a look. Visited 06/04/2023. |
Posted by drewbhoy 19th July 2023ce |
Achnamara (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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Heading south from Gariob I parked just to the north of the small village of Achnamara. Walk back up the road to the middle of the long corner, then head north east. You walk across, or splash across a clearing that also appears to be a shooting range in a bog, fortunately no shooting on my visit. There are two cairns sitting next to each other at this site, situated on a higher piece of ground beyond the clearing. However they are badly damaged by robbing, fallen trees, tree roots and are covered in moss. Size makes the cairns recognisable, the west cairn is 9m wide by 0.5m high, the east is much bigger being 14m wide by 1m high. A good clean up would hopefully reveal the cists, kerbs and the wee space between the cairns. All part of the jigsaw. Visited 06/04/2023 |
Posted by drewbhoy 19th July 2023ce |
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