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Tag Archives: Argyll
Salachary Stones, Kilmartin, Argyll
Standing Stones: OS Grid Reference – NM 8405 0403 Also Known as: Canmore ID 22831 Getting Here Roughly halfway between the staggering standing stone at Kintraw and the farmhouse of Salachary a coupla miles east along the A816 road to Kilmartin, … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged airts, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Ardfern, Argyll, Bronze Age, Ford, heritage, Kilmartin, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, stone rows
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Footprint Stone, Dunadd, Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll
Petroglyph: OS Grid Reference – NR 83668 93579 Also Known as: Canmore ID 212008 Getting Here From Lochgilphead, take the A816 road north for several miles (towards the megalithic paradise of Kilmartin), keeping your eyes peeled for the road-signs saying “Dunadd.” Turn … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, axes, Bronze Age, creation myths, Dalriada, Dunadd, earth mysteries, fairies, folklore, giants, heritage, Iron Age, Kilmartin, Kilmichael Glassary, kings, kingship, Lochgilphead, moots, neolithic, Ossian, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual, sacred sites, Scotland, witchcraft, witches
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Dunadd Basin, Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NR 83667 93576 Also Known as: Canmore ID 212008 Dunadd 2a (Morris) Getting Here From Lochgilphead, take the A816 road north for several miles (towards the megalithic paradise of Kilmartin), keeping your eyes peeled for the … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Bronze Age, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Dunadd, earth mysteries, heritage, historic Scotland, Iron Age, Kilmartin, Kilmichael Glassary, medieval history, neolithiic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, Scotland
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Dunadd House, Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NR 83865 93619 Also Known as: AR27 (Ruggles 1984) Canmore ID 39592 Getting Here From Lochgilphead, take the A816 road north for several miles (towards the megalithic paradise of Kilmartin), keeping your eyes peeled for the … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Bridgend, Bronze Age, Dunadd, earth mysteries, genius loci, heritage, historic Scotland, Kilmartin, Kilmichael Glassary, Lochgilphead, megalithic, Megaliths, monliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, River Add, sacred sites, Standing Stones, tourist attractions
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Fingal’s Cauldron Seat, Machrie Moor, Kilmory, Arran
Stone Circle: OS Grid Reference – NR 90878 32353 Also Known as: Canmore ID 39705 Machrie Moor 5 Moss Farm Stone Circle Suidhe Coire Fhionn Tormore Stones Getting Here By whichever way you come (be it from Brodick on the … Continue reading
Posted in Arran, Scotland, Stone Circles
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Arran, Bronze Age, Bute, Dragon Project, earth mysteries, electromagnetic anomalies, folklore, heritage, Kilmory, legends, Machrie, megalithic, Megaliths, myths, neolithic, Paul Devereux, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Stone Circles, Tormore
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Caisteal Nan Coin Dubh, Craobh Haven, Argyll
Dun: OS Grid Reference – NM 8000 0763 Also Known as: Canmore ID 22744 Archaeology & History Up above the roadside leading down the gorgeous Craobh Haven road, we not only find remains of a previously unrecorded standing stone, but we see … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Duns, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Craignish, Craobh Haven, creation myths, duns, earth mysteries, folklore, fortresses, forts, giants, Hillforts, Iron Age, legends, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions
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Arnabost, Coll, Argyll
Souterrain (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NM 2096 6003 Archaeology & History In Betty MacDougall’s (1966) short work on this history of the island she describes the finding and subsequent destruction of these fascinating underground prehistoric ‘houses’ (as some have … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Coll (Isle of), Scotland, Souterrains
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Coll, earth mysteries, Hebrides, Iron Age, prehistoric sites, Scotland, Scottish, souterrain, souterrains, subterranea
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Sithean Mor, Shian, Iona
Cairn Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NM 2721 2371 Also Known as: Angel Hill Cnoc nar-aimgeal Sithean More Archaeology & History There have long been rumours of stone circles on the druid’s isle of Iona, but many are dismissed … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Iona (Isle of), Scotland, Stone Circles
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Bronze Age, cairns, druids, earth mysteries, fairies, folklore, heathens, Iona, megalithic, Megaliths, paganism, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, saints, Samhain, Scotland, Scottish, St. Columba, Stone Circles
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Dun Toiseach, Ford, Kilmartin, Argyll
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NM 880 047 Getting Here You can see the rocky hillock ‘pon which this old dun sits from the roadside – and can approach it by either climbing up the slope, or go round t’ … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Hillforts
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, duns, earth mysteries, enclosures, forts, hill forts, Iron Age, Loch Awe, prehistoric sites, Scotland, settlements, vitrified forts, walling
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