Carnasserie CastleKilmartin Glen: Ballygowan Cup And Ring MarksKilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Cup And Ring MarksKilmartin Glen: Dunadd FortKilmartin Glen: Dunchraigaig CairnKilmartin Glen: Glebe CairnKilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Sculptured StonesKilmartin Glen: Kilmichael Glassary Cup And Ring MarksKilmartin Glen: Nether Largie CairnsKilmartin Glen: Ri Cruin CairnKilmartin Glen: Temple Wood Stone Circles
A bishop’s residence In 1559, on the eve of the Protestant Reformation, the Earl of Argyll granted the lands of Carnasserie to his ‘familiar servant’, Master John Carswell, rector of Kilmartin. Following the Reformation, Master John bec...
Mysterious marks Among the archaeological riches in Kilmartin Glen is an extraordinary array of prehistoric rock art. The designs take the form of cup-marks, cup-and-ring marks, spirals, stars and linear grooves, often densely covering large e...
Mysterious marks Among the archaeological riches in Kilmartin Glen is an extraordinary array of prehistoric rock art. The designs take the form of cup-marks, cup-and-ring marks, spirals, stars and linear grooves, often densely covering large e...
Kilmartin Glen: Dunchraigaig Cairn is a Bronze Age cairn excavated in the last century....
Kilmartin Glen: Ri Cruin Cairn is a Bronze Age burial cairn with the covering removed to reveal three massive cists. There are axe heads carved on one of the cist slabs. The Ri Cruin Cairn is the southernmost cairn of the linear cemetery....
Kilmartin Glen: Temple Wood Stone Circles is a circle of upright stones, and the remains of an earlier circle. Dating to about 3000 BC and in use for at least 1000 years....
This spectacular site has been occupied since the Iron Age. The well-preserved hill fort was a stronghold of Dalriada, the kingdom of the Scotti. On top of the hill a footprint, a boar and an ogham inscription have been carved into the natural rock....
Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn is an early Bronze Age burial cairn, one element of the line of five large burial cairns along the valley floor, forming a linear cemetery....
At Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Sculptured Stones there are over two dozen carved West Highland grave slabs, now housed in a former mausoleum and the graveyard. Parish church contains early medieval and medieval crosses....
Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie Cairns are of one Neolithic and two Bronze Age cairns. Access within the chamber of the north cairn, to see the axe carvings on a cist slab inside. These are all in the line of five large burial cairns along the valley f...
Kilmartin Glen: Kilmichael Glassary Cup And Ring Marks are of an early prehistoric cup and ring carvings on a natural rock outcrop....
