The outlier from the ‘Great X’ in the foreground, just behind the sheep, and North Largie in the background. You can’t see Mid Largie in this shot as it had just nipped out to the shops or somesuch.
Modern carved stone outside the Kilmartin House Museum.
It’s starting to weather in quite well, compared to when I saw it last year, I think it looks much happier.
In the background, St Ninian’s Chapel on its raised beach peninsular.
Gratuitous silhouette in a slightly futile attempt to lend monolithic gravitas to a small stone.
The islands of Pladda and Ailsa Craig in the background
Photo of the front panel of a brieze-block lamp.
This engraving accompanied the December 1830 issue of the Youth’s Instructor and Guardian , the article by J Mason, being entitled ‘Druidical Temple, Avebury (With an Engraving)’.
As seen from the road on the way down to Lochgilphead.
Reproduced with kind permission.
Reproduced here with kind permission.
(It is the same stone as in the above photos, honest Guv.)
You can just about make out the cups and rings.
Desperate attempt to show up the worn cups and rings.
(Didn’t really work did it?)
Views to the east, over Kilmartin Glen, obscured by bracken.
Pointing roughly in the direction of the Gulf of Corryvreckan.
I’m not 100% convinced about this double concentric thing. I could be just getting cynical due to failure to see the Castlerigg spiral.
August 06
They do simple motifs here too, not just fancy ones.