Kilmartin Glen is an area in Argyll north of Knapdale. It has the most important concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in mainland Scotland.[1] The glen is located between Oban and Lochgilphead,[2] surrounding the village of Kilmartin. In the village, Kilmartin Museum[3] explains the stories of this ancient landscape and the people who dwelt there. There are more than 800 ancient monuments within a six-mile (ten-kilometre) radius of the village, with 150 monuments being prehistoric. Monuments include standing stones, a henge monument, numerous cists, and a "linear cemetery" comprising five burial cairns. Several of these, as well as many natural rocks, are decorated with cup and ring marks.
The remains at Dunadd of the fortress of the Scots, a royal centre of Dal Riata, are located to the south of the glen, on the edge of the Moine Mhòr ("Great Moss"). Kilmartin Museum is located within the village itself and inspires and educates people by interpreting, explaining and conserving the internationally important archaeological landscape, artefacts, and natural heritage of Kilmartin Glen.[3]
- ^ Dawson, Jane (1995). "Argyll:The Enduring Heartland". Scottish Historical Review. 74 (1): 87. doi:10.3366/shr.1995.74.1.75. hdl:20.500.11820/1ce6c0ef-90ec-4a98-9501-f3ece9cd5267. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Kilmartin". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Kilmartin Museum". Retrieved 30 November 2017.