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Kilmartin Books and Gifts
Kilmartin Sounds of Ancient Scotland CD
Kilmartin Sounds of Ancient Scotland CD
Using original instruments and reconstructions, this unique CD offers, for the first time, a chance to hear the sounds that would have been familiar to our forebears thousands of years ago. £12.49 + p&p Order Now
The music ranges from ringing rocks to bird-bone flutes; Bronze Age horns and drums to the extraordinary sound of the Celtic war trumpet, the carnyx (left), specially recorded for the Kilmartin Sessions in Smoo Cave.
It ends with the eerie combination of harmonic singing and Bronze Age horn, recorded in the Hamilton Mausoleum - the building with the longest reverberation in the world. It was an appropriate choice, for like the Mausoleum, this CD has its own reverberations reaching into our remotest past and our deepest sub-concious.
The Prehistoric Rock Art of Kilmartin - Stan Beckensall
Kilmartin House Trust, 2005. 144 pages, 198 figures.
An excellent guide by the specialist in this type of art. It is well illustrated by small but excellent colour photographs. It deals with the schematic rock art (circles, cup-marks, spirals) to be found in the Kilmartin Valley and includes information on how to find the locations.
Kilmartin - a guide to Scotland's richest prehistoric landscape by Rachel Butter, FSAS
Published 1999, Kilmartin House Trust
The long-awaited guide book has arrived to popular acclaim. Stunning photos by world
renowned photographer David Lyons. With foreword by Marion Campbell of Kilberry, FSA Scot
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New: Kilmartin Audio Guide on CD. David Adams
McGlip reads the guide book. The CD also includes excerpts from The
Kilmartin Sessions ancient music collection:£7.99 + p&p
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Kilmartin - An inventory of monuments - Kilmartin House Trust and RHCMS
Published 1999, Kilmartin House Trust & RHCMS
THE Comprehensive guide to sites in the Kilmartin
area
Museums Journal "…the new guide interprets the landscape on a variety of
levels.. the book can be read either on its own account or as an aide memoire after a
visit to Kilmartin House…unusual and refreshing…the Museum guide is a credit to
the professionalism of the Kilmartin Trust…it represents excellent value for
money."
Oxbow Books "A lovely book for those visiting the area, and for those with an
interest in the prehistoric monuments of Scotland."
Graham Ritchie, President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (in British
Archaeology) "…until the opening of Kilmartin House there was no local source of
information about the valley as a whole… This book provides a thematic overview of
the valley, beautifully illustrated, in ways that take us beyond monuments to people…
Photographs by David Lyons are a vital part of the book and are mostly stunning…This
is a book that will be not only a valuable site guide for visitors, but also a spur to
others to come to the valley.."
Third Stone "this book uses a medley of photographs, superb illustrations and
antiquarian material to tell the story of this wonderful landscape. Marvellous
stuff…"
Shetland Times "…Rich in splendid photographs and with cleverly laid-out
pages…the text is illuminated by reconstructions and other illustrations…the
text is …easily digested but manages to impart a huge range of knowledge..style is
vivid and invests the landscape with a personality… a surprisingly affordable example
of the printer's art, and a tribute to good professional design"
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