History , Latest Feature , Megalithic sites A folk tale, a battlefield, and a witch’s leap July 19, 2020 A vivid tale is woven around these standing stones at Carse in Knapdale
History , Latest Feature , Megalithic sites Diarmuid and Grainne: a boar hunt and a tragic love story in Glen Lonan November 22, 2019 Old legends lie soft as cobwebs across this landscape of cairns and standing stones
History , Megalithic sites A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn September 28, 2019 Hidden in the fabulously ancient landscape of Kilmartin Glen, this Bronze Age cairn has a serenity all of its own
History , Megalithic sites Loch Nell: the Tomb of the Giants and a Serpent Mound July 26, 2019 Not another chambered cairn! Yes, but this one comes with a twist...
History , Megalithic sites Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial July 16, 2019 On a windswept hillside in Ardnamurchan, this ancient grave is linked in local lore with a Viking ruler
History , Megalithic sites Standing stone near Loch Ederline July 27, 2017 Checking fields at random around Kilmartin Glen will reveal any number of cairns and standing stones. This one, right …
History , Megalithic sites Clava Cairns February 25, 2017 Rays from the midwinter sunset filter into the deep heart of these passage graves, built 4,000 years ago in northern …
History , Megalithic sites Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South July 07, 2016 Stepping down through the layers of time into the darkness of a Neolithic chambered cairn
History , Megalithic sites Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen April 25, 2016 We might have forgotten what went on there, but we're still drawn to stone circles like moths to a flame …
History , Megalithic sites Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck April 05, 2016 Who carved these intriguing symbols, and why? If there's wisdom in beauty, we can surely glimpse it here …
History , Megalithic sites The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen March 13, 2016 Clad in silvery garlands of lichen, these stones have been casting long shadows in Kilmartin Glen for thousands of years …
History , Megalithic sites The Tuilyies stones October 25, 2015 A windswept shore, standing stones and a blasted oak… it sounds like one of Emily Bronte's dreams!
History , Megalithic sites The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness August 12, 2015 The people who put up these standing stones in North Yorkshire were obviously thinking big - but what on earth …
History , Megalithic sites Camas nan Geall: ‘the Bay of the Strangers’ July 20, 2015 A chambered cairn, a standing stone and an ancient graveyard… this beautiful bay on the coast of Ardnamurchan holds some …
History , Megalithic sites The stones of Kilmory Oib May 26, 2015 Ancient stones don't get much more enigmatic than this site just north of Tayvallich. I don't even know whether …
History , Megalithic sites Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors March 09, 2015 What on Earth went on here 5,000 years ago? The stones aren't going to tell us, but they …