A Celebration of Kilmartin Museum
Kilmartin Museum celebrates Argyll's amazing archaeology and natural history.
Kilmartin Museum Fundraising Case Study
A video case study produced for the Resourcing Scotland's Heritage training courses on the redevelopment project at Kilmartin Museum.
Kilmartin Stones Kilmartin Argyll Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the Kilmartin Stones, a collection of ancient graveslabs on ancestry visit to the parish church in the village of Kilmartin, Argyll. The earliest stones date back to the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries, with the most recent ones dated 1707 and 1712. Originally, the stones would have been laid flat on the ground to cover a grave. After the Reformation, many of the stones were moved, and in 1956 they were moved inside a shelter to protect them from the weather. The symbolism of the motifs carved onto the slabs is the subject of much discussion and speculation. Many feature swords or claymores, some alone, others with surrounding designs of twining or interlaced foliage. Several depict armed men. Other motifs include crosses, animals and shears; a comb appears with shears on one stone. It has been suggested that several of the slabs may commemorate Knights Templar but this theory is as yet unproven. Kilmartin Glen is the richest prehistoric landscape in Scotland. Within an area not much over 6 miles long a huge diversity of standing stones, stone circles, carved rocks and ancient tombs can be found.
kilmartin Glen grave stones visit bronze age & more
welcome along to kilmartin glen today we are going to kilmartin glen church to visit grave stones and ancient standing stones & engraved stones from pictisch bronze age neolithic and Celtic people.
on other video we will visit ancient tombs bronze age burials and temples & cairns and a visit to the dunadd hill fort
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Kilmartin Glen - the Archaeological Highlights
Kilmartin Glen has Scotland's highest concentration of neolithic - bronze age monuments and prehistoric rock art. Travel a few miles in any direction through Kilmartin Glen and you can pass through 5000 years of tangible history.
In this video, we show you some of the highlights of Kilmartin Glen with visits to Nether Largie burial cairn, Temple Wood ritual site, Nether Largie standing stone lunar observatory, Ballymeanoch standing stones, Dunchraigaig burial cairn and Baluachraig Rock Art.
Nether Largie Standing Stones Kilmartin Glen Argyll Scotland
Nether Largie Standing Stones Kilmartin Glen Argyll Scotland
Kilmartin Glen is packed full of ancient archaeological sites. This is just one of the many stone circles, burial cairns etc which can all be visited in a day, preferably two.
Kilmartin Glen is often described as Britain's richest archaeological landscape.
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Trip to Kilmartin, April 2013
Revisited Kilmartin Glen and area after 27 years. Still fascinated by the Stone/bronze and Iron ages.
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Kilmartin Glen is an area in Argyll not far from Kintyre, which has one of the most important concentrations of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in Scotland.The glen is located between Oban and Lochgilphead, surrounding the village of Kilmartin.There are more than 350 ancient monuments within a six-mile radius of the village, with 150 of them being prehistoric.Monuments include standing stones, a henge monument, numerous cists, and a linear cemetery comprising five burial cairns.
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Kilmartin Glen is an area in Argyll not far from Kintyre, which has one of the most important concentrations of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in Scotland. The glen is located between Oban and Lochgilphead, surrounding the village of Kilmartin.
There are more than 350 ancient monuments within a six-mile radius of the village, with 150 of them being prehistoric. Monuments include standing stones, a henge monument, numerous cists, and a linear cemetery comprising five burial cairns. Several of these, as well as many natural rocks, are decorated with cup and ring marks.
The remains of the fortress of the Scots at Dunadd, a royal centre of Dal Riata, are located to the south of the glen, on the edge of the Moine Mhòr or Great Moss. The Kilmartin House Museum of Ancient Culture is located within the village itself, and aims to interpret the rich history of the glen.
Kilmartin Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The present church building was designed by architect James Gordon Davis and opened in 1835, though there had been earlier churches on the site. The churchyard has an important collection of early Christian and medieval carved stones, known as the Kilmartin Stones. Some are displayed within the parish church itself, others have been gathered into lapidaria within the graveyard, others still remain lying within it.
The two most important monuments are the Kilmartin crosses, one 9th-10th century, the other late medieval in date, within the church. In the churchyard are a large collection of late medieval gravestones in the 'West Highland' style, dating between the 14th and early 16th centuries. Many are marked by figures of warriors in contemporary dress with spears and swords, along with figures of fantastic animals, foliage and interlace patterns. None are inscribed, so the identities of the persons commemorated are unknown. They can, however, be taken to be the monuments of the local landowning or minor noble class in late medieval times. Kilmartin Church was evidently an important burial site, and the graveslabs of the 'Loch Awe school' of carving may have been carved in a workshop at or near Kilmartin. The swords shown on many of the stones refer to warrior (or, more broadly, social) status, and have no connection with the Templars or other medieval military orders, as is sometimes suggested. Women are commemorated on some of the stones, their symbol often being the shears (referring to household activities).
Mthys & Legends Scotland: Rosslyn, Kilmartin, Iona & Callanish
Highlights of spiritual tour to Scotland 06/16. The Fairy Folk, Druids, Stones, Cairns & Inspirations
Almond (Haining) castle in Falkirk, Scotland, one of the sadest castle i ever seen!ปราสาทร้าง
Hi everyone welcome and hope you all well, on my home from visited friend saw and i heard local was telling me about this castle
went in for a quick looked, it sad and ruined in need of care, i hope it get repair but i doubt it lots lots of repair to do!! please read the description if have time, thank you very much for being here, love you all xox
Kilmartin Grave Slabs Church Glen Argyll Scotland UK
Sept 2014
KIlmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen, Western Scotland is the location of several important Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Iron Age sites, including stone circles, several burial cairns, chambered cairns, and standing stones. For four thousand years the people of Kilmartin Glen have reused monuments. This film shows the significant role they have played through time.
Carnassaries castle in Argyll Kilmartin, Scotland part:2
Hello everyone welcome to Carnasserie part:2 thank you very much for watching and taking time to make comment really appreciated all of of you, hope you have nice day and also a link below for more information thanks again.
History:
Explore this magnificent ruined castle, the former home of the first Protestant Bishop of the Isles...
This 15th century tower house was built by the reforming churchman John Carswell, the publisher of the first book printed in Scottish Gaelic, a translation of the John Knox’s Book of the Common Order. Having undergone only minor alterations during the late 17th century, Carnasserie Castle is a roofless ruin today, but it was once a fashionable residence incorporating many of the latest Renaissance influences. It was the home of the first Protestant Bishop of the Isles, Master John Carswell, and its design is befitting of a man of his stature.
The castle is an accomplished piece of architecture, laid out as a single building integrating both a five-storey tower house and a hall range. Its masonry matched the design, with finely-carved features throughout.
From the parapets there’s a magnificent view down to Kilmartin Glen, which is home to a range of marked rocks, cairns and standing stones, some of which are visible from the tower.
Carnasserie Castle is a superbly preserved example of 16th century architecture. Positioned on a hill overlooking the serene Kilmartin Glen, it comprises a five-storey tower house with an impressive hall attached. It also boasts beautiful Renaissance masonry including molded string-courses, corbelled angle-turrets, ornate rainwater spoots, gunloops and an impressive armorial panel above the entrance. Blown up in 1685 by Royalist Forces during the Monmouth Rebellion, the castle fell into disuse before eventually being purchased by the Malcoms of Poltalloch in the 19th century. Today it is under the care of historic Scotland
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หอคอยแห่งศตวรรษที่ 15 แห่งนี้สร้างขึ้นโดยนักปฏิรูป John Carswell ผู้จัดพิมพ์หนังสือเล่มแรกที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นภาษาสกอตติชเกลิกซึ่งเป็นคำแปลของหนังสือสามัญของ John Knox ปราสาท Carnasserie Castle ได้รับการดัดแปลงเพียงเล็กน้อยในช่วงปลายศตวรรษที่ 17 ซึ่งเป็นซากปรักหักพังที่ไม่มีหลังคาในวันนี้ มันเป็นบ้านของบิชอปแห่งแรกของโปรเตสแตนต์แห่งเกาะปรมาจารย์จอห์นคาร์สเวลล์และการออกแบบของที่นี่เหมาะกับคนที่มีรูปร่างสูง
ปราสาทแห่งนี้เป็นสถาปัตยกรรมที่ประสบความสำเร็จโดยเป็นอาคารเดียวที่รวมทั้งหอคอยบ้านห้าชั้นและโถงทางเดิน วัสดุก่อสร้างนั้นเข้ากันกับการออกแบบด้วยคุณสมบัติที่แกะสลักอย่างประณีตมาตลอด
จากเชิงเทินมีทิวทัศน์อันงดงามจนถึง Kilmartin Glen ซึ่งเป็นที่ตั้งของหินที่ทำเครื่องหมายแครนส์และหินยืนซึ่งบางส่วนสามารถมองเห็นได้จากหอคอย
Carnasserie Castle เป็นตัวอย่างที่ได้รับการอนุรักษ์ไว้อย่างดีเยี่ยมของสถาปัตยกรรมสมัยศตวรรษที่ 16 ตั้งอยู่บนเนินเขาที่สามารถมองเห็นหุบเขา Kilmartin อันเงียบสงบประกอบด้วยอาคารหอคอยสูงห้าชั้นพร้อมห้องโถงที่น่าประทับใจ นอกจากนี้ยังมีการก่ออิฐสมัยเรอเนซองส์ที่สวยงามรวมไปถึงเส้นทางเดินขึ้นรูปที่มีป้อมปราการมุมป้อมปราการกระดองยอดน้ำฝนหรูหรา gunloops และแผงเกราะที่น่าประทับใจเหนือประตูทางเข้า ปราสาทแห่งนี้ถูกทำลายในปี ค.ศ. 1685 โดยกองกำลังผู้นิยมพระมหากษัตริย์ในช่วงการจลาจลมอนมอนปราสาทพังทลายลงก่อนที่จะถูกซื้อโดย Malcoms of Poltalloch ในศตวรรษที่ 19 วันนี้มันอยู่ภายใต้การดูแลของประวัติศาสตร์สกอตแลนด์
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Rob, Laurie, Hazel and Sophie look around a cemetary in Keil Chapel, Argyll.
Kilmichael Glassary Inscribed Rocks, Kilmartin, Scotland.
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KILMICHAEL GLASSARY
ROCK ART
ARGYLL & BUTE
SCOTLAND
AT THE ENTRANCE TO KILMARTIN GLEN, IS KILMICHAEL GLASSARY. HERE IS A ROCK OUTCROP WITH ONE HUNDERED AND FIFTY MOTIFS CARVED ONTO THE NATURAL ROCK SURFACE. THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY PREHISTORIC ROCK CARVING SITES IN THE KILMARTIN AREA.
THE OUTCROP IS SITUATED BETWEEN LOCHGILPHEAD AND KILMARTIN, OFF THE A83 ROAD, JUST PAST BRIDGEND. KILMICHAEL GLASSARY IS A VERY SMALL VILLAGE. THE SITE IS IN THE CARE OF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND, IT IS SIGNPOSTED AND PROTECTED BY A FENCE.
IT IS THOUGHT THE BRONZE AGE PEOPLE OF ARGYLL AND BUTE CREATED THESE ENIGMATIC SYMBOLS AROUND 2800-2000 YEARS AGO. THE SURFACE IS WELL PRESERVED AND HAS LOTS OF CRACKS AND FISSURES. THESE NATURAL LINES SEEM TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THE GLYPHS WERE CAREFULLY CARVED.
THE ROCK PANNEL IS DENSLY DECORATED WITH CARVINGS UNIQUE AMONG THE KILMARTIN SITES. THERE ARE SEVERAL KEYHOLE LIKE DESIGNS WHICH ARE NOT FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THE AREA. THESE KEYHOLE DESIGNS MAY SYMBOLISE THE FEMALE VULVA.
THERE ARE MOSTLY COMMON CUP MARKS. FIVE OF THESE ARE SURROUNDED BY A SINGLE RING. THERE ARE NO RECOGNISABLE HUMAN OR ANIMAL DESIGNS. THE PETROGLYPHS APPEAR SURREAL AND ABSTRACT.
HAMMER STONES MADE OF QUARTZ MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY OUR PREHISTORIC ANCESTORS TO PAINSTAKINGLY PECK THE DESIGNS. A GREENISH GLOW EMITS FROM QUARTZ WHEN STRUCK. THERE WAS EVIDENCE NEARBY AT TORBHLAREN DURING EXCAVATION, THAT QUARTZ WAS SMASHED POSSIBLY DURING CEREMONIES.
THESE ANCIENT SYMBOLS CAN BE FOUND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM NORTH ENGLAND UP TO SCOTLAND. THE KILMARTIN AREA IS THE BEST LOCATION IN THE UK FOR PREHISTORIC ROCK CARVINGS.
THE DESIGNS MUST HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PREHISTORIC PEOPLE OF NORTHERN BRITIAN, ESPECIALLY THE ABUNDANCE AND SIZE OF THE DESIGNS IN THE KILMARTIN AREA.
MANY MANY THEORIES HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD FOR THE MEANING OF THESE DESIGNS. A FEW EXAMPLES BEING A WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE OTHERWORLD, MAPS OR EVEN LANGUAGE.
A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.
Rock Art - Cup & Ring Marks | Cairnbaan
Leacan nam Sluagh - The Stone of Hosting.
Footage of the western outcrop found at Cairnbaan.
The monument consists of prehistoric rock art carved on two areas of outcropping bedrock, about 100m apart. The area to the E contains three carved rock outcrops adjacent to each other, while the area to the W comprises a single, carved rock panel lying flush with the ground. The rock art was created probably in the early prehistoric period, between about 3500 BC and 2500 BC. The monument lies at around 60m above sea level on relatively flat ground part way up slopes that form the W side of the valley of the Badden Burn. Today the rock outcrops lie in thinned plantation woodland, but originally (in the absence of trees) this site would have offered views to Lochgilphead and the sea to the SE, over Crinan Moss, and to the valley bottom to the S where Cairnbaan lies today.
The rock outcrops form two groups, which differ in style. The easternmost comprises three substantial outcrops, adjacent to each other and now enclosed by metal railings. The largest decorated rock panel measures approximately 8m by 2m. It is decorated with a pair of cups surrounded by three partial rings, one cup with two rings, three cups within a single ring, sixteen single cups with single rings, at least sixty plain cups, and several lengths of grooving. A particular feature of this sheet is the long gutters that run downslope from seven of the cups at the S end of the outcrop. The other two outcrops measure 3.5m by 2m and 2.6m by 2m. Their carvings comprise mainly plain cupmarks: six on the outcrop towards the centre of the enclosure; and three cups with double rings and six plain cups on the outcrop at the NW of the enclosure. The panel located around 100m to the W measures 2m by 3m and is not enclosed by railings. It is decorated with a complex series of markings, the most distinctive of which are a number of conjoined multiple-ringed cups. Six of these are surrounded by four rings, one by three rings, seven by two rings, and eight by single rings; several of the ringed cups have gutters. There are also at least fifteen plain cups and stretches of wandering grooves. At the bottom right of the outcrop is a badly weathered, unusual carving, consisting of a broad shallow cup surrounded by a single ring, which is linked to the cup by a series of rays.
The area to be scheduled consists of two distinct polygons. The easternmost is a trapezium shape on plan and contains the area enclosed by the metal railings and 15m beyond the railings on all sides. The second is a circle, 20m in diameter, centred on the westernmost outcrop. These areas include the remains described above and an area around them within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. The scheduled area specifically excludes the above-ground elements of the metal railings and interpretation board to allow for their maintenance.
Other carved rock outcrops around Kilmartin Glen include:
Ballygowan
Baluachraig
Achnabreac
Kilmichael Glassary
Other monuments include:
Dùn Ad Hill Fort
Dunchraigaig Cairn
Glebe Cairn
Nether Largie North Cairn
Nether Largie Mid Cairn
Nether Largie South Cairn
Ri-Cruin Cairn
Temple Wood Stone Circle
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Dunadd Fort
Dunadd Fort is an ancient hill fort in Kilmartin Glen, Argyll. It's the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dalriada, or Dal Riada. It was also where the kings of Dalriada were crowned. The views from the top of Dunadd are breath taking. It's not far from Kilmartin village, and it overlooks much of Kilmartin Glen and the archaeology that fills it.
Nether Largie Standing Stones, Kilmartin, Scotland.
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NETHER LARGIE
STANDING STONES
KILMARTIN
ARGYLL & BUTE
SCOTLAND
INTRO
THE NETHER LARGIE STANDING STONES WERE QUOTED BY ALEXANDER THOM, AS THE ‘MOST IMPORTANT LUNAR OBSERVATORY IN BRITAIN’. SITUATED SOUTH OF KILMARTIN, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ONE MILE LINE OF BURIAL CAIRNS. THE MEGALITHS ARE IN THE CARE OF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND AND PARKING IS PROVIDED AT LADY GLASSERY WOOD.
OVER VIEW
FIVE BEAUTIFUL MEGALITHS MAKE UP THE X SHAPED NETHER LARGIE STANDING STONES SITE. TO THE SOUTH IS A SET OF MEGALITHS WHICH RESEMBLE A GATEWAY. AS YOU WALK NORTH YOU WILL COME TO A SMALL, BOX SHAPED, FOUR STONE SETTING.
JUST BEYOND THIS IS A SECOND FOUR STONE SETTING WHICH CONTAINS THE CENTRAL MEGALITH. THIS STANDING STONE IS COVERED IN ANCIENT CUP MARKS THAT RESEMBLE CIRCULAR DEPRESSIONS, THREE CUPS ARE ENCLOSED BY A RING.
IN THE YOUTUBE DOCUMENTARY ‘CRACKING THE STONE AGE CODE’ THERE IS FOOTAGE OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMER ALEXANDER THOM, AT THE CENTRAL MEGALITH EXPLAINING THE TOP OF THE STONE POINTS TO A NOTCH IN THE HILL WHERE THE MOON SETS AT THE NORTH WEST ON ITS MOST NORTHERN EXTREME POSITION.
PROFESSOR THOM ALSO FOUND ALIGNMENTS WITH THE STONES AND THE NEARBY TEMPLE WOOD CIRCLES. THE NETHER LARGIE MEGALITHS NO DOUBT HOLD MANY MORE SECRETS WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY COME TO FUTURE LIGHT.
IN RECENT YEARS ANALYSIS SUPPORTS THE THEORY THE MEGALITHS WERE POSITIONED TO LUNAR RISE AND SETS AT IMPORTANT TIMES IN ITS 18.61 YEAR CYCLE. AS YOU WALK NORTH, BEYOND THE CENTRAL STONE IS ANOTHER PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL MEGALITHS.
STONES
OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS ALIGNED THESE 3M HIGH MEGALITHS TO THE EQUINOXES WHICH FALL ON MARCH 20TH AND SEPTEMBER 23RD. THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN NIGHT AND DAY ARE AT EQUAL LENGTH.
THERE IS ALSO AN ALIGNMENT TO THE WINTER SOLSTICE SUNRISE (THIS ALSO HAPPENS AT THE NEARBY BALLYMEANOCH STONES) THIS DATE FALLS ON DECEMBER 21ST. THIS IS THE DARKEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
THESE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOX EVENTS WERE OF UPMOST IMPORTANCE TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS. THEY WERE NO DOUBT SKILLED IN LEARNING THE NATURAL MOVEMENTS OF THE CELESTIAL BODIES.
OUR ANCIENT PREDECESSORS WOULD HAVE CAREFULLY CHOSEN THIS LOCATION ON KILMARTIN GLEN FOR ITS LANDSCAPE AND OBSERVATION FEATURES.
A SMALL OUTLINER STONE CAN BE SEEN ONE HUNDERED METERS TO THE NORTH. ANOTHER OUTLINER ONCE STOOD TO THE WEST, THREE HUNDERED METERS AWAY WHICH IS NO LONGER VISIBLE.
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IT IS THOUGHT THE STANDING STONES WERE ERECTED ABOUT 1,200BC WHICH WOULD MAKE THEM BRONZE AGE. THE CENTRAL STONE CUP MARKS ARE THOUGHT TO BE OLDER BY 1,500 YEARS, WHICH MAY INDICATE THE STANDING STONE WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A DECORATED OUTCROP LIKE CAIRNBANN IN ITS ORIGINAL INCARNATION.
NETHER LARGIE SOUTH IS VISIBLE FROM THE STONES. A PLEASANT DAY OUT CAN BE HAD IN KILMARTIN GLEN WALKING UP THE LINER CEMETERY VISITING THE CAIRNS AND FINISHING AT KILMARTIN MUSEUM. THERE IS ALSO AN ABUNDANCE OF ROCK ART TO VIEW AT ACHNABRECK.
A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.
Scotland 2014 - Part 3
Part 3 of some videos from our vacation in Scotland in 2014.
In this video:
- The Glengalmadale Horseshoe
- Carnassarie Castle
- Kilmartin