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Devils Den
Date Added: 13th Aug 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Feb 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Devils Den submitted by Horatio on 23rd Apr 2022. The entrance to a long mound, described in the 19020s asbeing about 70mtrs. Shame that this is all that remains but still, pretty impressive
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Log Text: Devil's Den is a naked dolmen close to Fyfield Down, an area with multiple ancient sites. The dolmen was originally a chamber in a now removed long cairn.
Overton Hill barrow cemetery
Date Added: 18th Dec 2022
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Feb 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Overton Hill barrow cemetery submitted by Humbucker on 26th Dec 2017. Overton Hill Barrow Cemetery. A fantastically atmospheric place to visit, especially during the winter months when most other visitors tend to stick to Avebury or The Ridgeway itself.
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Log Text: The northernmost tumulus is marked on the horizon by a crown of trees. There is a path off the Ridgeway leading directly to the barrow.
The Polisher (Fyfield Down)
Date Added: 17th Jul 2022
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Feb 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 1
The Polisher (Fyfield Down) submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Sep 2019. At long last, I have been to visit this fabulous stone.
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Log Text: There is a large flat slab with a large rock basin on its upper surface c. 50 yards E of Fyfield Down Polisher Stone. I wonder if the Rock Basin was made by the same people who made the Polisher Stone?
Mother's Jam
Date Added: 21st Nov 2022
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Feb 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 2
Mother's Jam submitted by markj99 on 17th Nov 2022. Mother's Jam viewed from SE.
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Log Text: I combined my visit to Mother's Jam with The Polisher, a very impressive, grooved stone used to manufacture ceremonial axes. Polisher stones are very rare, a must visit.
Swinside
Date Added: 19th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Swinside submitted by AngieLake on 19th Apr 2020. This large block is stone 30 at the South of Swinside circle. It was one of the focal points in a dowse I did there on 19th June 2002, the evening I met Jack Morris Eyton. It was the link with moves 17 and 18 in this plan.
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Log Text: It takes time and planning to visit Sunkenkirk Stone Circle. However this stone circle, virtually complete in a beautiful location, more than compensates the effort required.
Devil's Bowling Green
Date Added: 12th Aug 2025
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2010. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 2
Devil's Bowling Green submitted by markj99 on 3rd Apr 2019. Devil's Bowling Green on Craignaw
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Log Text: I accessed the Devil's Bowling Green from the public road to Loch Trool. The walk is 9 miles there and back over boggy and rough ground so should be properly planned. Walking directions are available on the main page.
Cerne Abbas Giant
Date Added: 18th Jun 2025
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cerne Abbas Giant submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Nov 2013. The Cerne Abbas Giant in his latest disguise - having grown his own Movember facial hair.
Thanks to BBC for this picture
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Log Text: I was somewhat underwhelmed by the Cerne Abbas Giant: drone pictures of the giant raised my expectations of the site. From ground level the chalk figure loses its impact.
Carn Ban (Lochgilphead)
Date Added: 24th May 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Carn Ban (Arran) submitted by zep on 1st Jun 2007. Panorama of Carn Ban
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Log Text: Carn Ban (Lochgilphead) is a grassy mound on the S bank of the Crinan Canal on the E end of Cairnbaan. It is accessed via a forest track into Knapdale Forest which starts c. 75 yards W of the swing bridge in Cairnbaan. The cairn is unspectacular save for a large moss covered capstone on an exposed cist.
Baluachraig Rock Art
Date Added: 12th May 2021
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Baluachraig Rock Art submitted by caradoc68 on 18th Mar 2012. Kilmartin does it again !!!!!!!!!!
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Log Text: Even in Kilmartin Glen where one is spoiled for choice Baluachcraig Cup and Ring Marked panels are worth a visit. Easy parking plus a short walk to an ancient site rich in Rock Art: It's a no brainer!
Salachary
Date Added: 14th May 2021
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Salachary submitted by Tom_Bullock on 28th Feb 2005. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM.
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Log Text: Salachary Stone Row is c. 3 miles N of Kilmartin in open moorland. The three stone row consists of a standing stone, a leaning stone and an embedded recumbent stone on a N-S Axis measuring c. 15 feet.
Travel c. 5 miles N to a lay-by at an abandoned quarry on the L at NM 8420 0450. Walk W along the road for c. 150 yards to a grass track on the L. Follow this track S for c. 0.5 mile. It ends at NM 83981 04031. Salachary Stone Row is c. 80 yards E of this point.
The remote location of this stone row amplifies the ambience of the site making it an enjoyable experience.
Clach-a-charra
Date Added: 27th Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Clach-a-charra submitted by Alta-Falisa on 2nd Jun 2015. One of the most tormented standing stones I have ever seen. May 2015.
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Log Text: When I visited Clach-a-charra the field was in grass. The holes in the stone only add to the character of it.
Temple Wood S
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Temple Wood S submitted by SandyG on 16th Jul 2015. View from north west. (15th April 2015).
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Log Text: Kilmartin Glen has many sites to visit. The Templewood Stone Circles are easy to access and reasonably well preserved.
Temple Wood S
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Temple Wood S submitted by SandyG on 16th Jul 2015. View from north west. (15th April 2015).
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Log Text: Kilmartin Glen has many sites to visit. The Templewood Stone Circles are easy to access and reasonably well preserved.
Temple Wood N
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Temple Wood N submitted by hamish on 6th Aug 2005. Temple Wood North. I love this place,enigmatic as always.Being among the trees makes it so different.It's beautiful.
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Log Text: Kilmartin Glen has many sites to visit. The Templewood Stone Circles are easy to access and reasonably well preserved.
Nether Largie standing stone
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Nether Largie standing stone submitted by caradoc68 on 18th Aug 2012. This standing stone is in the middle of a field, a short distance of the footpath. The farmer does not like you being there and might put a angry looking bull in the field to put visitors off. Cant find a lot written about this stone or why it seems to be leaning at 45 degrees and pointing to the southeast.
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Log Text: Nether Largie standing stone is one of the minor sites to visit in Kilmartin Glen. However, it is only a short detour from Nether Largie Stone Row.
Nether Largie Stone Row
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Nether Largie Stone Row submitted by jeffrep on 7th Feb 2013. The Netrher Largie Stones in Kilmartin Glen, Argyll and Bute, Scotland -- five central standing stones, arranged in an "X" shape. The nine foot central stone is accompanied by a number of smaller stones surrounding it. The central stone also has several cup marks.
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Log Text: Nether Largie Stone Row is the most impressive stone row in Scotland. It is a short walk on a footpath from an adjacent car park. A must visit!
Nether Largie South
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Nether Largie South submitted by Fairycake on 26th Sep 2020. Looking towards the cairn from the south with the large cist in the foreground. This is by far the biggest cist I have seen. There are several inserted into earlier monuments near to here, apart from this, showing these sites continued to have significance over a long period of time.
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Log Text: The central chamber of Nether Largie South Cairn is the most impressive aspect of this monument.
Nether Largie Mid
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Nether Largie Mid submitted by jeffrep on 15th Mar 2008. View from the North of Nether Largie Mid Cairn in Kilmartin Glen.
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Log Text: Nether Largie Mid Cairn is the least impressive of the group. It has been extensively robbed leaving a cist and large capstone exposed in the S Arc of the cairn.
Nether Largie North
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Nether Largie North submitted by jeffrep on 15th Mar 2008. Nether Largie Cairn North, Kilmartin Glen.
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Log Text: 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.
Ri Cruin
Date Added: 24th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ri Cruin submitted by caradoc68 on 23rd Feb 2012. This lovely cairn dates from the Bronze Age and is pretty new when it comes to the Kilmartin landscape. Hidden away in some trees just of the beaten track with its two kist's, this Cairn has a lot to offer with its large Kist's and its rock art of axeheads and possibly a caving of a boat in one of these kists !!.
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Log Text: Ri Cruin Cruin is notable for two large exposed cists on the N & S Arcs of the cairn. I wasn't aware of the difficult to spot axehead carvings in the S cist at the time of my visit.