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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nether Largie South
Country: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead  Nearest Village: Kilmartin
Map Ref: NR8286097920  Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.124473N  Longitude: 5.49514W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Uralsdaughter visited on 19th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Anne T visited on 17th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Nether Largie South: Impressively large, with a chamber you can get into. Have seen other chambered cairns in Northumberland, but all in pretty ruinous condition, nothing like this. Our second stop after the stone alignment. Beautiful location; a lot of other visitors at this time of year.

odprich visited on 1st Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

SandyG visited on 15th Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

SolarMegalith visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5

markj99 visited on 30th Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The central chamber of Nether Largie South Cairn is the most impressive aspect of this monument.

macd visited on 10th Sep 2007 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Visited Sep 2007 and Sep 2014 Stunning location in Kilmartin Glen.

coin visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Fantastic chamber!

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.64 Ambience: 4.45 Access: 3.91

Nether Largie South
Nether Largie South submitted by Fairycake : Looking towards the cairn from the south with the large cist in the foreground. This is by far the biggest cist I have seen. There are several inserted into earlier monuments near to here, apart from this, showing these sites continued to have significance over a long period of time. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Argyll. Nether Largie South cairn is much earlier than the others, constructed around 3000BC. It is a chambered cairn similar to those found on Orkney and elsewhere, with a large chamber divided by stone slabs into stalls.

Like the long barrows of Southern England, chambered cairns are thought to have been the site of deposition of selected bones of the dead after excarnation, rather than whole bodies. They are the tombs of the ancestors plural. Later in prehistory burial practices changed. The other, later cairns at Kilmartin, more like round barrows in their usage. They are the burial mounds of a specific person or persons, interred as a whole body or a cremation within individual burial cists.

This cairn is recorded as Canmore ID 39460 which contains extensive notes and a publication account from 1985. Canmore tells us: "This cairn was probably the oldest of the series of burial sites that form the linear cemetery at Kilmartin; it contained a well-preserved chamber of Clyde type, the customary tomb-architecture of the neolithic inhabitants of Argyll, as well as two individual cists, only one of which is still visible." The finds from this cairn are now in the British Museum in London.

Canmore also says that the chamber is now at the centre of a 40 metre diameter cairn, which had been reconstructed when Bronze Age cists were added to the original cairn.

Note: A focus on the large cist close to Nether Largie South. There are several of these cists that were inserted into earlier monuments near to here, showing these sites continued to have significance over a long period of time.
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Nether Largie South
Nether Largie South submitted by Jenny : Middle-earth Gallery The Barrow-wight "He thought there were two eyes, very cold though lit with a pale light..." Fellowship of the Ring Book One Chapter VIII Inside Nether Largie South chambered cairn, Kilmartin, Argyl : a wight's-eye view. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nether Largie South submitted by andy_h : Cist added to Netherlargie South Chambered Tomb, Kilmartin Valley, Argyll. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nether Largie South submitted by Bladup : Nether Largie South chambered cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nether Largie South submitted by funsize : The interior of the womb-like and peaceful Nether Largie South cairn. Showing large slabs and drystone walling. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nether Largie South submitted by PaulH : NR 829979 Nether Largie South cairn View of top of cairn (1 comment)

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Nether Largie South submitted by PaulH : Kilmartin Valley Nether Largie South Cairn NR 829979 Nether Largie South cairn is much earlier than the others, constructed around 3000BC. It is a chambered cairn similar to those found on Orkney ans elsewhere, with a large chamber divided by stone slabs into stalls. Like the long barrows of Southern England, chambered cairns are thought to have been the site of deposition of selected bon...

Nether Largie South
Nether Largie South submitted by andy_h : Netherlargie South Chambered Tomb, Kilmartin Valley, Argyll.

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Nether Largie South submitted by Antonine : 2008

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Nether Largie South submitted by Fairycake : A view looking south from the loose stone mound surrounding the cairn. The stone row and single megalith can be seen to the top left.

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Nether Largie South submitted by SandyG : Cist in the foreground and cairn built around the earlier chambered tomb beyond. View from south. (15th April 2015).

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Nether Largie South submitted by SolarMegalith : Burial chamber of Nether Largie South and view towards Nether Largie standing stones (photo taken on April 2013).

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Nether Largie South submitted by SolarMegalith : 6.1m long Clyde type burial chamber of Nether Largie South (photo taken on April 2013).

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Nether Largie South submitted by postman : Early evening, Halloween 2008

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Nether Largie South submitted by Bladup : Nether Largie South.

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Nether Largie South submitted by Bladup

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Nether Largie South submitted by Bladup : Nether Largie South with cist in the foreground.

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Nether Largie South submitted by crannog : The only entrance to chamber.

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Nether Largie South submitted by jeffrep : Nether Largie Cairn South. View from south showing south opening and cist in foreground.

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Nether Largie South submitted by jeffrep : South Entrance to Nether Largie Cairn South.

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Nether Largie South submitted by jeffrep : North Entrance to Nether Largie Cairn South.

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Nether Largie South submitted by jeffrep : Interior of Nether Largie Cairn South a Neolithic chambered cairn of the Clyde type, probably dating from approximately 3,000 B.C.

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Nether Largie South submitted by jeffrep : Interior of Nether Largie Cairn South, the oldest monument of the Linear Cemetery in Kilmartin Glen.

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Nether Largie South submitted by Spindrift : Kilmartin

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Nether Largie South submitted by scullion : NR 828979. Nether Largie interior

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Re: Nether Largie South by Anonymous on Monday, 28 September 2020
It should be relatively simple to find the culprits, since they signed with first and last names. If defacing is against the law, then perhaps sharing the story with news reporters could attract attention and lead utimately to an arrest.
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Re: Nether Largie South by coldrum on Sunday, 04 April 2010
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Re: Nether Largie South by jeffrep on Saturday, 15 March 2008
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Re: Nether Largie South by Andy B on Sunday, 29 May 2005
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mickm writes:
On a recent visit to the Kilmartin Valley, I was extremely disappointed to find evidence of recent vandalism within the chamber of Nether Largie South chambered tomb. At least two graffiti artists have been at work, scratching their names into the corbel stones roofing the tomb.

It is never very pleasant to find ancient monuments defaced by graffiti or any other form of vandalism, but it is even worse when this occurs at showpiece sites, which form part of a rich archaeological landscape such as the Kilmartin Valley. It shows a total disrespect for the people who built the tomb, our heritage and all those visitors who take an interest in our past and these great monuments.

I have no idea what these idiots get out of such actions and frankly I don't care, but what worries me is that once this kind of thing occurs others feel free to make their own additions. It would be helpful if there were to be a few high profile prosecutions to put these morons in their place & to warn off other potential 'artists'. Unfortunately the authorities seem unable or unwilling to pursue these matters often enough.

So a plea to everybody, please, please, please leave monuments as you find them for others to enjoy and, if you see others engaged in such activity, don't stand idly by, remonstrate with them, stop them or report them to the authorities.

As to DAVIE and JORDAN YOUNG, whilst you may think this was a good laugh, nobody else is joining in with your big joke. Instead we are wondering why it is that you have brown pungent matter instead of grey between your ears.
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