Nether Largie South Cairn

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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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.

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The overriding impression of monuments north of the border is that of a sense of purpose. If form follows function then the people here must have been on a mission -- but who knows what it may have been?

This is the sixth of a complete seven-part online edition of Standing with Stones. If you've ever dreamed of travelling through Great Britain & Ireland, visiting the standing stones and other fantastic monuments that our ancient ancestors left us, then you will love this film. Over two years in the making, Standing with Stones was made by just two men with great film making skills, a camper van and a passion for the monuments in stone left to us by Neolithic and Bronze Age ancestors. The result is a remarkable feature length documentary film that take the viewer on a journey of discovery, uncovering the true extent and variety of megalithic Britain and Ireland.

In this episode, Twelve Apostles, Cairnholy, Glenquicken, Achnabreck, Cairnbaan, Ballymeanoch, Great X, Nether Largie, Templewood, Leys of Marlee, Cothiemuir Wood, East Aquorthies, Loanhead of Daviot, Old Kieg, Midmar Kirk, Sunhoney, Clava Cairns.

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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.

Ballymeanoch Standing Stones, Kilmartin, Scotland.

A Journey Through Scotland's Ancient Sites

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BALLYMEANOCH
STANDING STONES
KILMARTIN
ARGYLL & BUTE
SCOTLAND

INTRO

A FEW MILES NORTH OF LOCHGILPHEAD AND VISIBLE FROM THE A816 ROAD IS THE BALLYMEANOCH STANDING STONES. THESE BEAUTIFUL MEGALITHS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT JEWEL IN KILMARTIN’S PREHISTORIC CROWN. SITUATED IN THE HEART OF AN ANCIENT CEREMONIAL LANDSCAPE, THIS AREA WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THE PREHISTORIC PEOPLE IN THE KILMARTIN ENVIRONS AND BEYOND.

AT BALLYMEANOCH WE HAVE SIX STANDING STONES, DIVIDED INTO A ROW OF TWO AND A ROW OF FOUR, 40M APART. THESE ROWS ARE ORIENTATED TOWARDS KEY LUNAR AND SOLAR EVENTS. TESTAMENT TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF COSMIC RHYTHMS HELD BY OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.

IT IS POSSIBLE THE STANDING STONES STOOD AT THE END OF A PROCESSIONAL AVENUE WHICH APPROACHED FROM THE SOUTH EAST.

TWO STONES & HOLED STONE.

THIS TWO STONE ROW IS IN LINE TO THE MIDSUMMER MOST SOUTHERNLY MOON RISE. THE TALLEST STONE ON THE SOUTH ARC IS 3M HIGH WHILE THE ADJACENT NORTH MEGALITH IS 2.7M HIGH.

A HOLED STONE ONCE STOOD TO THE EAST, IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. IN 1943 A STORM CAUSED THIS MEGALITH TO FALL, IT NOW LIES BESIDE THE NEARBY KERB CAIRN. THE BASE WAS REMOVED AND EXCAVATED IN 1977.

BENETH THE STONE WAS THREE PORTIONS OF HUMAN CREMATED BONE, RADIOCARBON DATED TO BETWEEN 3370-3050 YEARS AGO. THE CREMATION LAY IN A PIT THAT SUPPORTED THE MEGALITH.

LOCAL TRADITION HAD THESE HOLED STONES AS A WAY TO SEAL DEALS OR A PROMISE TO MARRIAGE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A HOLED STONE CAN BE FOUND NEAR TORHOUSE STONE CIRCLE IN DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY.

FOUR STONES

OUR ANCESTORS ALIGNED THE FOUR STONE ROW TO THE WINTER SOLSTICE SUNRISE. THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SOLAR EVENT FALLS ON DECEMBER 21ST OR 22ND. THE EAST FACE OF THE TWO MIDDLE STONES ARE HEAVILY CUP MARKED. THESE MEGALITHS MAY HAVE COME FROM A MUCH EARLIER DECORATED OUTCROP LIKE ACHNABRECK, THEN TRANSPORTED HERE AS BELIEFS CHANGED OVER TIME.

THE FOUR STONE SETTING, RISES IN HEIGHT FROM THE SOUTH EAST TO NORTH EAST. THE HIGHEST MEGALITH IN THE SOUTH IS JUST OVER 4M HIGH WITH THE SMALLEST IN THE NORTH ARC BEING 2.75M. NOTICE HOW THE FOUR STONES RISE IN HEIGHT LIKE THE HILL IN THE BACKGROUND.

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A SHORT WALK FROM THE STONES WILL TAKE YOU TO A HENGE, A KERBED CAIRN, A CHAMBERED CAIRN AND ROCK ART. THE SITES IN THIS LOCATION ARE BETWEEN 4200-3200 YEARS OLD MAKING THESE CONSTRUCTS, NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE. THE NAME BALLYMEANOCH TRANSLATES FROM SCOTS GAELIC AS ‘MIDDLE SETTLEMENT’.

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.

Mthys & Legends Scotland: Rosslyn, Kilmartin, Iona & Callanish

Highlights of spiritual tour to Scotland 06/16. The Fairy Folk, Druids, Stones, Cairns & Inspirations

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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Memsie Round Cairn, Fraserburgh, Memsie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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MEMSIE ROUND CAIRN IS AN UNUSUAL PRE-HISTORIC SITE IN ABERDEENSHIRE. JUST 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF FRASERBURGH, IS A WELL PRESERVED LARGE ROUND STONE - BUILT BURIAL CAIRN. MEMSIE WAS ERECTED NEARLY 4000 YEARS AGO. AT PRESENT, THE SITE REMAINS A FINE, SOLE SURVIVOR OF A THREE CAIRN ARRANGEMENT. MEMSIE IS 4.5M HIGH BY A 24m DIAMETER. THE SITE IS IN THE CARE OF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND.

OVERVIEW

IN 1723 THREE CAIRNS WERE RECORDED. THEY WERE 90M APART WITH A 90M CIRCUMFERENCE & 12M HIGH. MANY SMALLER CAIRNS WERE ALSO RECORDED. THE TWO LOST CAIRNS HAVE LONG BEEN DESTROYED, ONE OF THE CAIRNS CONTAINED HUMAN BONES. THE BULK OF THE STONE MATERIAL WAS PROBABLY TAKEN AWAY FOR BUILDING FIELD WALLS.

FINDS

SOME OF THE EXCAVATION FINDS HAVE BEEN A BEAKER, A BROKEN LEAF SHAPED SWORD, SEVERAL HUMAN SKULLS, HEAVILY BURNT STONES, A MEDIEVAL URN, A STONE CIST WITH A LITTLE BLOCK OF FLINT & A FLINT DART HEAD. WITH THESE FINDS, OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS USED THESE CAIRNS FROM EARLY BRONZE AGE, UP UNTIL THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD.

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS FROM PREHISTORY. THEY ERECTED THESE FASCINATING MEGALITHIC SITES, WHICH WE CAN STILL VISIT TODAY.
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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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สำรวจปราสาทที่ถูกทำลายอันงดงามแห่งนี้บ้านหลังแรกของบิชอปโปรเตสแตนต์แห่งแรกของเกาะ ...
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

The ancient grave - Part two

...nearby the first grave, there is a second one - also from the bronze age - where you can have a closer look inside the construction itself...

Davaar Island and Cave Painting

Davaar Island to the east of Campbeltown in Kintyre, Scotland is a tidal island accessed from the mainland by a causeway at low tide. The painting of the crucifixion in one of the caves on the south coast was by a local artist Archibald MacKinnon in 1887.

Trailer - Whitehorse Hill: A Prehistoric Dartmoor Discovery

Whitehorse Hill: A Prehistoric Dartmoor Discovery
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
13 September to 13 December 2014

A partnership exhibition between Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and Dartmoor National Park Authority.

This autumn come and see a fascinating exhibition which, for the first time, will see the amazing finds from Whitehorse Hill on public display.

The finds are around 4,000 years old and were discovered within a stone chest burial (a cist) at Whitehorse Hill, a remote spot on Dartmoor.

This is the most outstanding site to have been excavated locally in over 100 years. The items that were discovered in the cist are of national and international importance and provide one of the best glimpses into life in Bronze Age Southern England that academics and scientists have ever had.

As well as evidence of a cremation the finds include beads, worked leather and textiles, an intricate example of a woven container and a woven band decorated with tin studs. Many of the finds are made from organic materials and are in an exceptional state of preservation. Some wooden ear studs (known as labrets) are thought to be the earliest examples of turned wood in Britain and possibly Northern Europe.

The film has been produced by students and graduates of Plymouth College of Art -

Graphical elements: Tatsunori Ishikawa
Moving images: Andrew Early
Motion design: Lewis Shearer
Photography: Louisa Rundle and Tont Fitzsimmons
Sound design: Hamish Blair, Patrick Sweeting and Lewis Shearer

Kilmartin Glen Field Trip

Photos from Glasgow University's first year archaeology field trip. 10/10/2009

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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Thoughts at Templewood

While on the Scottish leg of filming Standing with Stones, Rupert and I came up with a little analogy which we hope illustrates the problems and dangers of interpretation when dealing with our ancient megalithic sites. Templewood - part of the Kilmartin Glen megalithic complex - seemed an ideal spot to slip it in. Hope it makes sense to you!

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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.

Music Scottish Bagpipe Duet Kilmartin Argyll Scotland UK Pipes

Filmed in village of Kilmartin, Argyll.
Young lad learning with his father or grandfather I guess.