Megalithic sites
  • History , Megalithic sites

Kintraw’s lonely watcher

June 19, 2014 2218 Views 0 Comment
Marking the midsummer sunset, this ancient monolith stands guard over two burial mounds high above Loch Craignish in Argyll
  • History , Megalithic sites

The stone circles of Fortingall

May 11, 2014 2744 Views 0 Comment
Stirred by recent human activity, these ancient circles present an enduring puzzle. Sometimes it really is better to leave …
  • History , Megalithic sites

Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time

October 18, 2013 2347 Views 31 Comments
Set within a copse of trees, this 4,000-year-old burial chamber once lay at the heart of the people who lived …
  • History , Megalithic sites

Nether Largie: secrets in stone

October 02, 2013 3440 Views 26 Comments
Neither a circle nor a row, the arrangement of stones at Nether Largie in Argyll is puzzling in the extreme. …
  • History , Megalithic sites

Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar

March 02, 2012 1896 Views 7 Comments
In Glen Lonan, Argyll, an impressive standing stone is said to mark the grave of a legendary Irish hero.
  • History , Megalithic sites

Callanish: a ring to rule them all

January 06, 2012 2744 Views 24 Comments
On a wind-scoured hillside in the west of Lewis, nothing prepares you for the stark magnificence of Callanish...
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SCOTTISH CASTLES
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  • Duart Castle, Isle of Mull
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MEGALITHIC
  • Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time
  • Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial
  • The Tuilyies stones
  • Loch Nell: the Tomb of the Giants and a Serpent Mound
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  • The old chapel of Kilvaree
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