Strathclyde - Prehistoric Sites

One of the most famous Neolithic long cairns in the southwest of Scotland, Carn Ban is an elongated burial cairn in a wooded setting, built in a trapezoid shape, with a horned forecourt and a central passage divided into several sections.
Lagg, Arran, Arran, Strathclyde, Scotland

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A standing stone located just northeast of the ruined medieval chapel of St Catherine (Cill Chatriona). The stone is known locally as The Stone of Penance, as parishioners of St Catherines performed penance at the stone after going to confession. One record suggests that the stone was used for flagellation of penitents.
Colonsay, Balnahard, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland

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A solitary standing stone stands by the southern end of Claggain Bay, east of Port Ellen. A short distance away is a vitrified fort on Trudernish Point. The stone is about 4 feet high.
Claggain, Port Ellen, Strathclyde, Scotland

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The partial remains of a chambered cairn stand immediately south of the minor road to the Oa peninsula. A single chamber survives, with a solitary standing stone that may have been a portal. Open site.
Port Ellen, Strathclyde, Scotland

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A fascinating stone circle, or oval, in open moorland. Cultoon seems to have been only partly finished, with 2 upright stones and many more scattered on the peat moor. Local tradition says 2 feuding clans fell out when working on the stone circle so the project was abandoned.
Portnahaven, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Dun Gallain is an Iron Age dun, or hill fort, on the western shore of Colonsay. The dun is of the type termed a promontory fort, utilising a natural headland, defended on three sides by high, steep cliffs. The fort is approximately 35 metres by 25 metres in size.
Colonsay, Machrins, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Remains of an impressive hilltop dun, or Iron Age fort, erected sometime between 1000 BC and AD 400. Dun Nosebridge is defended by earthwork banks and ditches reinforced with stone walls. It is one of the best-preserved of Islay's ancient fortified sites.
Bridgend, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Dunadd Fort is a spectacular hill fort occupying a rocky outcrop that rises above the marsh of Moine Mhor, The 'Great Moss', near the southern end of Kilmartin Glen. The hill fort was first occupied in the Iron Age, and later became the centre of the Scottish kingdom of Dalriada (Dal Riata).
Kilmartin Glen, Kilmartin, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Dunchraigaig Cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound with 3 burial cists (inner chambers), in the heart of historic Kilmartin Glen
A816, Kilmartin, Lochgilphead, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Fingal's Limpet Hammers are a pair of standing stones, associated with the legendary Celtic giant Fingal. The stones stand in a field just to the west of Loch Fada, at Lower Kilchattan. They are all that remain of a stone circle. The stones are alternately called Carrach An.
Kilchattan, Kilchattan, Isle of Colonsay, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Photos of Fingal's Limpet Hammers
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