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 , 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 A morning in Kilmartin Glen March 17, 2018 A quiet walk around some of my favourite places - Nether Largie and Temple Wood
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 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 …
Carved crosses , History St Adamnan’s Cross in Glen Lyon February 20, 2016 Who lived in this extraordinary glen, 1300 years ago? One man who did was St Adamnan, and this simple …
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 Kintraw’s lonely watcher June 19, 2014 Marking the midsummer sunset, this ancient monolith stands guard over two burial mounds high above Loch Craignish in Argyll
History , Megalithic sites Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time October 18, 2013 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 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 In Glen Lonan, Argyll, an impressive standing stone is said to mark the grave of a legendary Irish hero.
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