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Tag Archives: Kilmartin
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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Bàrr a’ Chuirn, Kilmartin, Argyll
Cairn: OS Grid References – NR 8122 9782 Also Known as: Canmore ID 39465 Lady’s Seat Cairn Getting Here Many ways to get here, but you’ve gotta amble off-path through the woods to eventually find it — but it’s not difficult. From … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Scotland
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Bronze Age, cairns, cists, Cowal, death, Kilmartin, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, Poltalloch, prehistoric sites, Scotland, Scottish, Slockavullin, tombs
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Dun Dubh, Ford, Argyll
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NM 8640 0479 Also Known as: Canmore ID 22821 Getting Here From Ford village, take the track that goes uphill (west) running near the edge of the forest-line. Keep going until you hit the top of … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Hillforts, Scotland
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Bronze Age, duns, fire rituals, Ford, forts, Halloween, Hillforts, Iron Age, Kilmartin, Loch Awe, paganism, pagans, prehistoric sites, ritual sites, Samhain, Scotland, traditions
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Ford, Kilmartin, Argyll
Tumulus: OS Grid Reference – NM 868 035 Getting Here Although I describe this site in association with the township of Kilmartin, it is in fact several miles north of there – but I reckoned that if I say it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli
Tagged Archaeology, Argyll, Bronze Age, burial, cairns, cist, Ford, Kilmartin, Loch Awe, prehistoric sites, Scotland, tomb, tumulus
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Dun Chonallaich, Ford, Argyll
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NM 8544 0366 Getting Here There’s two real ways to get up here: one from the Oban-Kilmartin roadside; the other from Ford village. I’d go for the latter as it avoids the traffic. Walk up the … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Hillforts, Scotland
Tagged alignments, antiquarian, Archaeology, Argyll, dun, earth mysteries, folklore, Ford, fortress, heritage, hill fort, hillfort, history, Iron Age, Kilmartin, kingship, leys, Scotland
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Creag a’ Chapuill, Ford, Kilmartin, Argyll
Hillfort: OS grid reference – NM 855 024 Getting Here Dead easy! From Kilmartin go north towards Oban and turn right a mile onwards, to Ford and Loch Awe. Keep on the tiny road for about 2 miles and if … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Hillforts
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, ergot, Ford, hill fort, hillfort, Hillforts, history, Iron Age, Kilmartin, Scotland
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