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Multi-periodSite Name: Kilmartin ChurchyardCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead Nearest Village: Kilmartin
Map Ref: NR8345998859
Latitude: 56.133166N Longitude: 5.486285W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Anne T visited on 17th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Kilmartin Churchyard: Having booked ourselves in for an evening meal at the Kilmartin Arms opposite the church (warning: the portions were huge, but really good), we went across to the churchyard to find the cross slabs in the churchyard that Rachel Butter mentions in her "Kilmartin" book (page 99) and found so much more. This really finished the evening off nicely.
There is also a lapidarium and the Poltalloch Enclosure with some really nice carved grave slabs.
There is a small car park immediately outside the church, and there is disabled access into the church with its crosses inside. The churchyard itself was a little tricky to negotiate, as we had to step over old chest tombs to see some of the carved slabs. Nice views down to the glen below, and a peaceful place to spend time.
megalithicmatt visited on 29th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Pottered around and looked at the gravestones.
coin visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
hidebasket visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
rrmoser have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.75
The stones have been collected from the local area and vary in date and form. There is a special shelter (a lapidarium) built for those stones deemed to be at risk from the weather and there is also plenty to see in the Churchyard itself. Within the church, and the churchyard, there are early Christian crosses and cross bases. Another small enclosure in the south western part of the churchyard houses the Poltalloch grave slabs.
For more information on the early crosses see Canmore ID 319840 and the RCAHMS publication "Argyll Volume 7: Mid Argyll & Cowal Medieval and Later Monuments" which is available for download free from the Canmore Archives/Digital Publications section.
Please note: whilst this page captures all the entries for Kilmartin Church and Churchyard, there are separate pages for Kilmartin Church (Lapidarium) and Kilmartin Church (Poltalloch Enclosure) for anyone particularly interested in the stones in those sections only (see nearby sites below).
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