Kilmartin Glen: Temple Wood Stone Circle

  • Near Nether Largie, Argyll

Getting here

Temple Wood Stone Circle

0.25m south west of Nether Largie off the A816. There is no tourist signposting from A816 in place.

Parking is at Lady Glassary Wood car park, about 400m from the stone circle.

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

Grid reference - NR 826 978

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Opening times

Open year-round.

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Facilities

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
Two low cairns with hills and forest behind it.

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie Mid Cairn
A grave like hole inlaid with stone slates inside a stone cairn.

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

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South Cairn
Holes surrounded by concentric circles are carved into the rockface

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Kilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Rock Art
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
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
Detail of a beautiful symbol carved into one of the Kilmartin Sculptured Stones.

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

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie Mid Cairn
A grave like hole inlaid with stone slates inside a stone cairn.

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

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South Cairn
Holes surrounded by concentric circles are carved into the rockface

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Kilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Rock Art
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
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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