History , Megalithic sites A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn September 28, 2019 1459 Views 4 Comments 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 4002 Views 26 Comments A quiet walk around some of my favourite places - Nether Largie and Temple Wood
History , Megalithic sites Clava Cairns February 25, 2017 2559 Views 0 Comment 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 1921 Views 10 Comments 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 3395 Views 38 Comments 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 2645 Views 21 Comments 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 1626 Views 12 Comments 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 2283 Views 29 Comments 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 2465 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 Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time October 18, 2013 2552 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 3732 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 2295 Views 7 Comments In Glen Lonan, Argyll, an impressive standing stone is said to mark the grave of a legendary Irish hero.
