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McCole's Castle
Date Added: 19th Aug 2011
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Caithness)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
McCole's Castle submitted by SolarMegalith on 19th Aug 2011. McCole's Castle chambered cairn - view from the south (photo taken on July 2011).
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Kirk Tofts
Date Added: 26th Sep 2011
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Caithness)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Kirk Tofts submitted by SolarMegalith on 26th Sep 2011. Interior of the broch with exposed masonry (photo taken on July 2011).
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Yarrows Fort
Date Added: 29th Sep 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Caithness)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Yarrows Fort submitted by SolarMegalith on 29th Sep 2011. Hill with remains of the hillfort seen from the east (photo taken on July 2011).
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Warehouse Standing Stone
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Caithness)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Warehouse Standing Stone submitted by SolarMegalith on 2nd Oct 2011. The stone is 1,7 m high and 0,2 m thick (photo taken on July 2011).
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Caithness Broch Centre
Date Added: 16th Oct 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Caithness)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Caithness Broch Centre submitted by SolarMegalith on 16th Oct 2011. Part of the exhibition with artefacts from Caithness brochs interpreted as stone balls (on the right), gaming or possibly gambling pieces made of fish vertebrae (left, down) and bone dice (middle).
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Log Text: Small but interesting exhibition with finds from Keiss brochs, Nybster, Kettleburn and other broch towers. Unfortunately, the descriptions are quite short and not very informative.
Nybster Broch
Date Added: 15th Nov 2011
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Caithness)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Nybster Broch submitted by h_fenton on 20th May 2011. Oblique kite aerial photograph of Nybster Broch viewed from the northwest.
10 May 2011 @ 7.34am
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Serpent Mound - Loch Nell
Date Added: 25th Nov 2012
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Would like to visit
Serpent Mound - Loch Nell submitted by kurgan on 30th Jun 2008. Site in Argyll: Serpent mound from road
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Torbhlaran 1
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Torbhlaran 1 submitted by SolarMegalith on 30th Apr 2013. Cup-and-ring mark with a gutter on Torbhlaran 1 panel (photo taken on April 2013).
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Torbhlaran 2
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Torbhlaran 2 submitted by rockartuk on 9th Dec 2002. Torbhlaren, Strathclyde, Argyll and Bute
Main Grid Ref: NR86359451.
Located 1 km NNE of Kilmichael Glassery, 190m N of Glenalva Cottage in a (private?) field.
A possible spiral motif on the N-side of the most Northerly whale-back schist outcrop. First reported by Miss Marion Campbell in 1960.
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Torbhlaran Stone
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Torbhlaran Stone submitted by rockartuk on 9th Dec 2002. Torbhlaren, Strathclyde, Argyll and Bute
Main Grid Ref: NR86359451.
Located 1 km NNE of Kilmichael Glassery, 190m N of Glenalva Cottage in a (private?) field.
A cup-marked standing stone.
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Dun Torbhlaran
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Dun Torbhlaran submitted by SolarMegalith on 7th May 2013. Remains of Dun Torbhlaran - view from the N-NE (photo taken on April 2013).
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Log Text: Difficult to access, but the panoramic view is rewarding.
Kilmichael Glassary 1
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Kilmichael Glassary 1 submitted by hamish on 31st Jul 2005. What a great sight this is on the edge of a housing estate. For all the modernity around it is still enthralling to be here so much to see. Try counting them.
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Dunamuck North
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dunamuck North submitted by Creative Commons on 7th Feb 2012. Only the northerly stone still stands (August 2011).
The May 1983 entry in the "Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland" reports that only the middle stone had fallen by then.
Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Kilmichael Glassary 2
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kilmichael Glassary 2 submitted by SolarMegalith on 30th Apr 2013. Cup with five rings on Kilmichael Glassary 2 panel (photo taken on April 2013).
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Dunamuck South
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dunamuck South submitted by Creative Commons on 7th Feb 2012. The two stones are only around 0.35m thick and appear to line up with the hill on which the dun of Dunadd was later built.
Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Dun Chuain
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dun Chuain submitted by SolarMegalith on 8th May 2013. Slope of a rocky hillock with Dun Chuain and view towards Kilmartin Burn valley (photo taken on April 2013).
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Achnabreck
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Achnabreck 1 submitted by rockartuk on 29th Oct 2002. Achnabreck, Strathclyde NR 8556 9070
Located 2.5 km NW of Lochgilphead, with signposted public access
A cup-and-ring motif catched in the low afternoon sun
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Dunadd Fort
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dunadd Fort submitted by andy_h on 6th Mar 2003. Footstone at Dunadd Fort, Kilmartin Valley, Argyll.
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Dun Mor, Dunamuck
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dun Mor, Dunamuck submitted by Creative Commons on 7th Feb 2012. Dun Mor. A dun is a stone fort, and this area has many, most often found on the summit of small knolls like this one.
Copyright Patrick Mackie and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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Ballymeanoch Stone Row
Date Added: 30th Apr 2013
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ballymeanoch Stone Row submitted by jeffrep on 15th Mar 2008. The Four-Stone Row at Ballymeanoch in Kilmartin Glen
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