Temple Wood Stone Circle, Kilmartin Glen, Scotland
This site dates from about 3500 BC and may have been in use for over 2000 years. Evidence suggests the cist in the centre was used up untl 1400 BC
Temple Wood Circles circa 3500 BC - Kilmartin Scotland
Kilmartin has the most concentrated amount of Neolithic constructions and Sacred sites in Scotland. Temple Wood Circles is not an ancient name and is a name applied to the light woodland they existed in.
When I dowsed this site, there was a queen buried in the larger stone circle within the Cist at the centre of the stone circle with a strong energy of sadness still in situ which a dowser will be able to find, the queens most favourite consort in the smaller stone circle or Cairn.
I also dowsed that there was a simple burial, roughly half way between the two Cairns and was likely a Wizard or Shaman this person actually died on the spot and was buried there.
Archaeologists have investigated this site and say that there has been multiple changes applied to the site.
Dowsing confirms this and provides a more detailed timeline than so far put forward.
If you are a dowser, you will be able to remote dowse this site from the pictures.
Ballymeanoch Standing Stones, Kilmartin, Scotland.
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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.
OTHER INFO
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.
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.
OTHER INFO
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.
Mthys & Legends Scotland: Rosslyn, Kilmartin, Iona & Callanish
Highlights of spiritual tour to Scotland 06/16. The Fairy Folk, Druids, Stones, Cairns & Inspirations
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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Daviot Stone Circle
North of Inverurie Scotland.
Check out my other video of the Aqorthies stone circle.
It's within car travelling distance and I have marked it so you can see it on the map.
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.
Gentle James of the Glens Bikes Dunadd Fort
The sun was shining on Scotland yesterday and my trusty Triumph was begging for a run to the countryside. I chose Kilmartin Glen, Dunadd Fort, that stands guard at the southern entrance to this mysterious Glen .To walk on ground that was once home to the ancient Gael Kings of Dal Riata was good medicine for the soul...letting my imagination run riot as I gazed from the highest part of the Dun surveying the kingdom below me. Records of this primal place reach as far back as 683 AD where it's written in the Annals of Ulster that a siege took place at the Dun and later in 736 the King of the Picts laid waste to the area surrounding the Dun. I spent a while just wandering around listening to the wind , taking in the smells from the bog mosses that stretch deep into the Glen. A large black crow cawed loudly and drifted on a thermal just above the fort , I couldn't help but feel he was guarding his past , maybe an ancient Gael warrior given this task for eternity. An amazing place and one that helped shape the country we now call Scotland and I call home.
( Dun , Scottish Gaelic for Fort ,Sitting on the river Add, Dunadd. )
Kilmartin Glen Field Trip
Photos from Glasgow University's first year archaeology field trip. 10/10/2009
Cairnpapple Henge
Cairnpapple was used from about 3,000 BC to 1400 BC firstly as a ceremonial site then several centuries later as a burial site.
Cairnpapple Hill is one of the most important prehistoric sites on mainland Scotland. At about 310m or just over 1000ft in height, the hill offers one of the best viewpoints in central Scotland. For over 5000 years this has been a special place, and evidence of this has been on view since excavations in 1947 & 1948.
The modern concrete dome was built to help display the Bronze-Age burials, and providing visitors with a good atmosphere in which to contemplate death and burial practice in the Bronze Age.
Standing Stones Kilmartin Glen Argyll Scotland UK Ancient Monuments
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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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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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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.
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
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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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Nether Largie Mid Cairn, Kilmartin, Scotland.
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NETHER LARGIE
MID CAIRN
KILMARTIN
ARGYLL & BUTE
SCOTLAND
NETHER LARGIE MID CAIRN, IS THE HEART OF THE LINEAR CEMETERY ON KILMARTIN GLEN. FIVE CAIRNS OUT OF SIX PRESENTLY REMAIN. THIS LOCATION ON THE WEST COAST IS NOT JUST AN IMPORTANT SCOTTISH PREHISTORIC AREA, BUT ONE OF THE FINEST IN EUROPE. KILMARTIN VALLEY IS A MUST VISIT FOR ANY LEVEL OF HISTORIAN. THE CAIRNS ARE IN THE CARE OF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND.
WITHIN A SIX MILE AREA IS MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, KILMARTIN MUSEUMS SURVEY WORK, HAS HELPED IDENTIFY THESE FEATURES. OUR NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE ANCESTORS WERE EXTREMELY BUSY CREATING, ROCK ART, STANDING STONES, STONE CIRCLES AND CAIRNS IN THIS LANDSCAPE WHICH THEY HELD DEAR.
WHEN THE NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE FINISHED THE CLIMATE BECAME COOL AND WET. THE KILMARTIN VALLEY AND ITS PREHISTORIC REMAINS WERE BLANKETED WITH PEAT UNTIL THE 1800S (LIKE CALLANISH ON THE ISLE OF LEWIS). VAST QUANTITIES OF PEAT HAD BEEN STRIPPED AWAY FOR FARMING AND FULE, THIS IS WHEN THE CAIRNS CAME TO LIGHT.
MOST OF THE CAIRNS WERE DEPLETED BY STONE REMOVAL FOR ROADS, DYKES AND FIELD DRAINS. SOME OF THE NETHER LARGIE MID CAIRN MATERIAL WAS LOST TO THIS. PRESENTLY THE CAIRN IS 1M, HIGH ORIGINALLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 3M. A CAIRN ONCE EXISTED BETWEEN NETHER LARGIE MID AND SOUTH, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN THE 1880S.
FROM NETHER LARGIE MID IS THE BEST VIEWING LOCATION OF THE 1.5 MILE LONG LINER CEMETERY, WHICH WAS IN USE FROM 3000BC TO 1500BC. TO THE SOUTH IS NETHER LARGIE SOUTH WHICH IS THE OLDEST CAIRN AND RI CRUIN. TO THE NORTH IS NETHER LARGIE NORTH AND GLEB CAIRN, WHICH IS SITUATED BESIDE KILMARTIN MUSEUM.
THE CIST IN THE SOUTHERN ARC IS INTERESTING AS IT HAS A FAINT AXE HEAD CARVING AND A SINGLE CUP MARK, ON ONE OF THE END SLABS. IT IS THOUGHT THESE AXE CARVING REPRESENT A PERSON OF WEALTH, WHO POSSIBLY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE MOVEMENT OF METAL FROM IRELAND THROUGH KILMARTIN, UP TO THE NORTH EAST OF SCOTLAND’S BRONZE WORK CENTRES.
BETTER EXAMPLES OF AXE CARVINGS CAN BE SEEN AT RI CRUIN. CUP MARK DESIGNS ARE MORE CLEAR AT NETHER LARGIE NORTH. THE SOUTH CIST CAPSTONE IS NOW SUPPORTED BY MODERN STEEL BARS TO ALLOW VIEWING INTO THE INTERIOR. A NORTH ARC CIST EXISTED, BUT WAS REMOVED AND IS NOW MARKED BY SHORT CONCRETE POSTS.
IN 1929 AN EXCAVATION TOOK PLACE BY JAMES HEWAT CRAW AN ARCHAEOLOGIST. HE FOUND TWO EMPTY CISTS BELOW THE BRONZE AGE CAIRN. THE ACIDIC SOIL HAD DISSOLVED THE BODIES. EACH CIST HAD BEEN DESIGNED TO BURY AN ELITE INDIVIDUAL, 4000 YEARS AGO. THE CAIRN HAS A DIAMETER OF 33M WITH THE OUTER KERB STONES MOST NOTICEABLE, IN THE SOUTH ARC.
INSIDE THE CAIRN BODY A STONE WITH FIVE CUP MARKS WAS FOUND. IN THE 1990S AN AVENUE OF HUGE WOODEN POSTS WERE DISCOVERED WHICH DATED TO 3,700BC. A TIMBER CIRCLE WAS ALSO FOUND WHICH WAS BRONZE AGE. BOTH THESE DISCOVERIES WERE FOUND AT THE GRAVEL TERRACE, AT UPPER LARGIE, WHICH OVERLOOKS THE GLEB CAIRN. THIS SITE WAS THEN QUARRIED AWAY.
A BIG THANKS TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.
Scotland | Part 6 of 'Standing with Stones'
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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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Sailing in Scotland 2003 part 3
Shots of a sailing trip in Scotland, Isle of Man and across to Ireland.