Kilmartin



Carnasserie Castle
Kilmartin Glen: Ballygowan Cup And Ring Marks
Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn
Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Sculptured Stones
Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie Cairns

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Carnasserie Castle

A handsome combined tower house and hall, home of John Carswell, first Protestant Bishop of the Isles and translator of the first book printed in Gaelic. Very fine architectural details of the late 16th century.
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Kilmartin Glen: Ballygowan Cup And Ring Marks

Cup and ring marks on natural rock faces, of early prehistoric date....




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Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn

An early Bronze Age burial cairn, one element of the line of five large burial cairns along the valley floor, forming a linear cemetery.

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Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Sculptured Stones

Over two dozen carved West Highland grave slabs, now housed in a former mausoleum and the graveyard. Parish church contains early medieval and medieval crosses.
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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie Cairns

One Neolithic and two Bronze Age cairns. Access within the chamber of the north cairn, to see the axe carvings on a cist slab inside. These are all in the line of five large burial cairns along the valley floor, known as the linear cemetery.

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