Strathclyde - Prehistoric Sites

Well preserved Bronze Age cup and ring marks decorate a rocky outcrop at Achnabreck, at the southern end of Argyll's amazing Kilmartin Glen.
Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: Very large diameter carvings
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Auchagallon is a Bronze Age burial cairn surrounded by a circle of 15 standing stones. Auchagallon is an odd sort of monument, a cross between a stone circle and a burial cairn. The site has not been excavated so we know little about how or when it was built or whether the standing stones were added at a later date to an existing cairn. The location is fabulous, however, with wonderful views across to Kintyre. A few miles to the south are the standing stones and burial mounds at Machrie Moor.
Machrie, Arran, Arran, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: Bronze Age circle or kerb cairn?
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A prehistoric menhir stands in a field beside the B8024, at the head of Loch Tarbert. The stone is just under 6 feet tall and is aligned on a north-south axis.
B8024, Avinagillan Tarbert, Kintyre, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Bronze Age cup and ring marks decorate natural rock faces at Ballygowan on the western edge of Kilmartin Glen. The marks date to around 3000 BC and are among several similar sites along the glen.
Kilmartin, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Not one site but several prehistoric monuments linked together, in the heart of Kilmartin Glen. At the heart of the site are parallel rows of standing stones beside a kerb cairn, and just to the south is a barely visible henge monument.
A819, Kilmartin, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Another of the fantastic group of prehistoric monuments that line Kilmartin Glen, Baluachraig is a series of cup and ring marks carved into a natural outcrop of level rock. Baluachraig is located just slightly north of the Dunchraigraig cairns and standing stones.
Kilmartin Glen, Kilmartin, Strathclyde, Scotland

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Carved Stone
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Barochan Cross is a beautifully carved Celtic cross, probably dating to before the 10th century. The cross originally stood in open country near Houston in Renfrewshire but is now within Paisley Abbey for protection from the elements.
Abbey Close, Paisley, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA1 1JG

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Early Christian Cross
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A solitary standing stone, on the top of a steep escarpment looking over the sound of Ghiga. The stone was probably erected between 2000-1000 BC, and at just over 5m high is the tallest in Kintyre. Nearby is a ruinous burial chamber.
A83, Killean, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA29 6XF

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Heritage Highlight: The tallest standing stone in Kintyre
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Buaile Riabhach is a small stone circle on a hill above Scalasaig, with a 7-foot high standing stone forming a circle with seven smaller stones ranging from 18 inches to 2.5 feet high. The taller stone was said locally to represent Christ, and the smaller stones to represent the Apostles.
Scalasaig, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland

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At the southern end of Kilmartin Glen, in an area blessed with a fabulous range of prehistoric monuments, lie four natural rock faces carved with an array of cup and ring marks. Three rocks lie close together while the fourth is 100 metres away up a winding path.
Kilmartin Glen, Cairnbaan, Strathclyde, Scotland

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Carved Stone
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