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September
10
The
ferry trip from Castlebay to Oban takes a little more
than five hours but there is some glorious scenery
along the way as the boat threads its way through
the Sound of Mull, past Tobermory and Duart Castle. |
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Tobermory |
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Duart
Castle |
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The
Lighthouse at the tip of Lismore |
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| Kilmartin
Glen in Argyll and Bute has one of the largest concentrations
of ancient sites anywhere in Europe. Within a radius
of 10 kilometres are more than 150 prehistoric monuments—
including stone circles, standing stones, a linear cemetery
and a number of cup-and-ring carvings on rocky outcrops.
The whole valley was evidently a sacred site of considerable
importance. |
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Nether Largie. Standing Stones |
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Temple
Wood. The Southwest Circle |
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larger of the two stone circles at Temple Wood consisted
of 22 uprights, of which 13 are still standing, enclosing
an area roughly 12 metres in diameter, Two of the stones
bore carvings of spirals or concentric circles. In the
centre is a cist grave within a smaller circle and there
are others round about. |
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Nether
Largie South. Chambered Cairn |
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linear cemetery (see the title photo above) consists
of 5 cairns roughly aligned and irregularly spaced over
a distance of 5 kilometres. Nether Largie South is the
oldest and the only Neolithic tomb in the group—the
others are Bronze Age in date. However, two cist graves
(only one of which is still visible) were inserted into
the cairn during that period. |
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Nether
Largie South. Interior |
Nether
Largie South. Cist Grave |
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