Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie North Cairn

  • Near Kilmartin, Argyll

 

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Nether Largie North Cairn

Kilmartin Glen

About half a mile south of Kilmartin, on a road off the A816.

Parking available at Lady Glassary Wood.

This site is accessed through working farmland. To keep you and the livestock safe, please follow the Scottish Outdoor Access Code.

Grid reference - NR 831 985

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Opening times

Please note that currently, only the exterior of the monument can be visited.

1 Apr to 30 Sept:
Daily, 9.30am to 5.30pm
Last entry 5pm

1 Oct to 31 Mar:
Daily, 10am to 4pm
Last entry 3.30pm

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Facilities

Two low cairns with hills and forest behind it.

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie Mid Cairn
A low stone passage leading out of a cairn.

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South Cairn
A grassy landscape with the remains of a stone wall that could be mistaken for a small quarry

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Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn
Several low standing stones in a circle, surrounded by pebbles.

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Kilmartin Glen: Temple Wood Stone Circle
Detail of a beautiful symbol carved into one of the Kilmartin Sculptured Stones.

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Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Stones
Holes surrounded by concentric circles are carved into the rockface

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Kilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Rock Art
A large field of rocks that used to make up a cairn in a forest clearing.

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Kilmartin Glen: Ri Cruin Cairn
A rocky mound in a grassy landscape with a hole on one side, making it look like a turtle.

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Kilmartin Glen: Dunchraigaig Cairn
Two low cairns with hills and forest behind it.

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie Mid Cairn
A low stone passage leading out of a cairn.

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South Cairn
A grassy landscape with the remains of a stone wall that could be mistaken for a small quarry

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Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn
Several low standing stones in a circle, surrounded by pebbles.

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Kilmartin Glen: Temple Wood Stone Circle
Holes surrounded by concentric circles are carved into the rockface

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Kilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Rock Art
A large field of rocks that used to make up a cairn in a forest clearing.

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Kilmartin Glen: Ri Cruin Cairn
A rocky mound in a grassy landscape with a hole on one side, making it look like a turtle.

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Kilmartin Glen: Dunchraigaig Cairn
Holes surrounded by concentric circles are carved into the rockface.

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Kilmartin Glen: Ballygowan Rock Art

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