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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nether Largie North
Country: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead  Nearest Village: Kilmartin
Map Ref: NR8309098470  Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.129510N  Longitude: 5.491894W
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
3 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.
3 Accuracy:
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
0no data
5

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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 North, Kilmartin: From afar (approaching it from Nether Largie Mid) this cairn had a white square in the middle of its top, which looked like Cairnpapple, which got me thinking you could enter the chamber. This was indeed the case, as the white square was a hatch which could be raised to descend into the chamber.. According to the information board, the capstone has 10 carved axes. By this time, I think ‘monument overload’ had come over Andrew, who decided to go and get the car, saying he’d meet me at Kilmartin Church, giving me time to visit this cairn and Glebe Cairn before meeting him. I only had one walking pole, and overbalanced whilst trying to climb up the heap so stones so reluctantly gave up. I was disappointed not to be able to see this. We thought we might find time to go back and explore, but there really was so much else to see. One for the next visit.

SandyG visited on 16th Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

SolarMegalith visited on 27th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

markj99 visited on 30th Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Nether Largie North Cairn looks to be intact from a distance. Reality bites when the metal hatch on the summit comes into view. The central chamber and cist have been over restored.

macd visited on 10th Sep 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Visited Sep 2007 and Sep 2014.

Andy B: would like to visit Neil shows the axe head carvings inside this huge tomb on Episode Four of BBC's History of Ancient Britain

coin visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Great cist!

hidebasket visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

Catrinm jeffrep NickyD have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 3.75

Nether Largie North
Nether Largie North submitted by jeffrep : Nether Largie Cairn North, Kilmartin Glen. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Argyll

The Bronze Age Nether Largie Cairn North in Kilmartin Glen is almost nine feet high and over 65 feet in diameter. Completely rebuilt since its excavation in 1930, it covers a central cist -- now accessible through a roof hatch -- and contains a carved slab decorated with about 41 cupmarks and 10 axehead markings.

This cairn is recorded as Canmore ID 39482 which adds that another slab from the central cist, which was decorated with two pecked circles, is now in the National Museum of Scotland.
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Nether Largie North submitted by funsize : This extensive chambered cairn is reconstructed and access is good (via steps) Not sure to what extent it was damaged in the first place. Well worth a visit even though has lost a little something in the 'makeover' (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nether Largie North submitted by PaulH : Kilmartin Valley Nether Largie North NR 831985 Nether Largie North was excavated in 1930. It was found to contain a cist, on whose end-slab axe-head symbols had been carved. A slab was also found within the cairn, carved with axe-head symbols and cup marks. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nether Largie North submitted by Anne T : The cairn as seen from the notice board. After the 1930 excavation by James Hewat Craw, the cairn was completely rebuilt and modified so visitors can now go inside and see the decorated cap stone. The hatch down into the chamber can't be seen from this angle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nether Largie North submitted by Anne T : Nether Largie North, as seen from the lane, approaching it from Nether Largie Mid Cairn. I didn't realise until reading the photo of the information board and my reference books after my visit that this cairn is a reconstruction. Rachel Butter's Kilmartin book (p 58) says "there was also a circular earthen bank - perhaps the remains of an even earlier monument". The white 'square' in the middle ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nether Largie North submitted by SandyG : Cairn viewed from north west. (16th April 2015).

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Nether Largie North submitted by SandyG : Cairn with central door leading into the chamber containing the cist. View from west. The trees so prominent in earlier photographs have been felled. (16th April 2015).

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Nether Largie North submitted by SandyG : Cist and cup marked capstone. (16th April 2015).

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Nether Largie North submitted by SandyG : View from the south west. (16th April 2015).

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Nether Largie North submitted by coin : Illustration of the lid

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Nether Largie North submitted by coin : Axe carving in cist

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Nether Largie North submitted by coin : One of the carved axes

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Nether Largie North submitted by coin : The cist.

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Nether Largie North submitted by coin : Decorated lid

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Nether Largie North submitted by SolarMegalith : Decorated lid of the cist in Nether Largie North. During the excavations only a human tooth was found inside, other parts of the skeleton(s) have dissolved (photo taken on April 2013).

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Nether Largie North submitted by SolarMegalith : Nether Largie North cairn - view from the west (photo taken on April 2013).

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

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Nether Largie North submitted by Bladup : Nether Largie North.

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Nether Largie North submitted by crannog : I think on days when its absolutely pouring down with rain it brings out the beauty of the stones.....

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Nether Largie North submitted by crannog : Amazing capstone and kist.

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Nether Largie North submitted by jeffrep : Hatch to Access Interior of Nether Largie Cairn North, Kilmartin Glen.

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Nether Largie North submitted by jeffrep : Graveslab (left) and Cist (right), Interior of Nether Largie Cairn North, Kilmartin Glen.

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Nether Largie North submitted by jeffrep : Cist and Capstone Upheld by Steel Bars, Nether Largie North Cairn, Kilmartin Glen.

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Nether Largie North submitted by donstobbart : I thought that the ambience here was totally destroyed by the refitting of the tomb. The picture shows the cup marks in the lid of the cist itself. (1 comment)

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Nether Largie North submitted by PaulH : Kilmartin Valley NR 831985 Nether Largie North Cairn Cist slab, showing axe-head carvings (scale = size 9 boot !)

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Re: Nether Largie North by Catrinm on Monday, 09 September 2019
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Not currently accessible Sept 2019 - the passage down is boarded off :(
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Re: Nether Largie North by SandyG on Thursday, 09 July 2015
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The grid reference for this cairn is NR 83087 98473. [Updated]
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Re: Nether Largie North by coldrum on Sunday, 04 April 2010
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Re: Nether Largie North by jeffrep on Saturday, 15 March 2008
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Condition: 3
Ambience: 5
Access: 3
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Re: Nether Largie North by jeffrep on Saturday, 15 March 2008
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The Bronze Age Nether Largie Cairn North in Kilmartin Glen is almost nine feet high and over 65 feet in diameter. Rebuilt since its excavation, it covers a central cist -- now accessible through a roof hatch -- and contains a carved slab decorated with about 40 cupmarks and 10 axehead markings.
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