Strathclyde - Prehistoric Sites

Ri Cruin is a Bronze Age burial cairn with the covering removed to view 3 large burial chambers (cists). The cairn is famous for the axe heads carved on one of the cist slabs.
Kilmartin, Strathclyde, Scotland

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A pair of standing stones, located just off the Scalasaig to Milbuie track. The stones are 10 yards apart. The largest is 3'3" in height, while the smaller of the pair stands only two feet high.
Scalasaig, Isle of Colonsay, Strathclyde, Scotland

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A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circle stands within the remains of a beech plantation just east of Ettrick Bay. Seven stones remain of the original circle, with an eighth stone standing outside the circle to the south.
St Colmac Cottages, B875, St Colmac, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA20 0QT

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St Columba's Well is, as the name suggests, an ancient holy well said to have been used by the 6th-century Irish saint Columba when he settled briefly on Colonsay. Unlike many such saintly legends, this one has every chance of being true, as Columba is fairly certain to have visited Colonsay.
Balnahard, Isle of Colonsay, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: Holy well used by St Columba

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On an exposed hillside overlooking the Kyles of Bute is what remains of a Neolithic chambered cairn, with a burial chamber divided into two parts by a stone wall. A fallen capstone lies down the slope of the hill. The cairn is within sight of Kilmichael Chapel early Christian site.
Kilmichael Cottage, Glecknabae, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland

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A pair of standing stones stand in an exposed position on the northern edge of St Ninian's Bay, near the hamlet of Straad. The stones are immediately beside the footpath leading to the early Christian site of St Ninian's Chapel.
Straad, Straad, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA20 0QF

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A prehistoric stone row consisting of three stones stands in a farm field south of Stravanan Bay. The stones are arranged in height order from southeast to northwest.
Largizean Farm, Plan Road, Kingarth, Strathclyde, Scotland

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There are two stone circles at Temple Wood, dating to at least 3000 BCE. One unusual (though not unique) feature at Temple Wood is that the circle interiors are filled with a low mound of stones. One theory is that the infill was a way of 'decommissioning' the circle and negating its power.
Kilmartin Glen, Kilmartin, Strathclyde, Scotland

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Stone circle
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Heritage Highlight: Two stone circles built at different times

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Occupying a promontory just north of Blackwaterfoot is the largest Iron Age fort on Arran, covering an area of 12 acres. The soon is defended on the seaward side by sheer cliffs and on the other three sides by a single stone wall up to 10 feet wide. within the hillfort is a Bronze Age standing stone.
Drumadoon Point, Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran, Arran, Strathclyde, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: The largest Iron Age fort on Arran

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A broken and repaired standing stone, later used as an early Christian cross, marks the site where the last chief of Clan Macfie was murdered in 1623. The stone stand on the site of an ancient burial ground and later chapel.
Balerominmore, B8085, Scalasaig, Isle of Colonsay, Strathclyde, Scotland

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Memorial
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Heritage Highlight: Site of the murder of the last chief of Clan Macfie

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