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Uralsdaughter visited on 19th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Anne T visited on 18th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Ballymeanoch Kerb Cairn: With a number of other cars pulling up in the car park with other people wanting to look at the cairn, we hastened down the marked path towards the stone row, wondering why there were large, fresh cowpats in the cordoned off pathway. We were shortly to be confronted by a large bullock who stood and stared at us, completely blocking the path. The wire fence between the field/woodland and the path had been knocked down and the cattle had invaded, some sitting by the gate. This bullock absolutely refused to move, and his other companions started to stir and look our way. Andrew tried to move it away, but it stood firm and looked as if it might charge. Even Andrew backed away at this point. Fortunately, there was a gate into a field of pasture to our left hand side, so we let ourselves into that field of pasture and followed the fenced off path along on the wrong side of the fence. There was another gate, leading from a track from the road, into the standing stone field. This gate was next to a babbling stream with a stone bridge across. This field also had a large number of other large bullocks, but these continued grazing and took little notice of us until we got to the two standing stones at the far end, when they started to take a definite interest. Having made sure we weren’t going to be under (immediate) danger of attack by the bullocks, we tiptoed carefully further into the field. Having read about the cairn in "In The Footsteps of Kings" booklet, I circled it and photographed it as best I could. The sun was intense, being low in the sky, and it was so hot I could have laid down on the ground and fallen asleep. However, time was pressing, so I gathered my courage and explored further.

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

coin visited on 1st Jan 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 :)

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

markj99 visited on 30th Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Antiquarians are spoiled for choice in Kilmartin. Ballymeanoch complex is a worthwhile visit consisting of a kerb cairn, stone row, a stone pair and a henge. It requires some time and exploration to make sense of the complex. The concentration of sites in a small area implies that Ballymeanoch was important to the ancient people.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.83 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.67

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