Kilmartin Glen Tour
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Achnabreck carvings. These decorated outcrops from the most extensive group of pre-historic carvings in Scotland. The most common motif is a hollow or cup surrounded by up to seven rings, often with a gutter running from the cup outwards.

Achnabreck

Achnabreck

Achnabreck

Achnabreck

Temple Wood Stone Circle
Nether Largie Standing Stones. These may have been used in the second millenium BC. Three of the stones are decorated with carvings

Chambered Cairn at Nether Largie South

View from inside Nether Largie South; this was built around 3000BC

Nether Largie North with Kilmartin in background


Achnabreck

Achnabreck

Achnabreck

Achnabreck

Temple Wood Stone Circle
Nether Largie Standing Stones. These may have been used in the second millenium BC. Three of the stones are decorated with carvings
Chambered Cairn at Nether Largie South

View from inside Nether Largie South; this was built around 3000BC

Nether Largie North with Kilmartin in background
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