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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nether Largie NorthCountry: 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:
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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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
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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