Kilmartin Monuments
SCRAN
Name: Nether Largie Nether Largie
Type: Standing Stones
NGR: NR 828976
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Description
This view looking NW shows the main 5 stone setting with the Chambered Cairn of Nether Largie South visible in front of the farmhouse.
This stone setting, 250m S.E. of Temple Wood stone circles, comprises two pairs of uprights with settings of four and five stones in between. Two outlying stone survive.
Excavation Details
Excavated in 1973.
Access / Ownership
This site, although located on private land is due to have a formal public access opened in the spring of 1998 via a new car park 1km south of Kilmartin at the Crinan turn off.
Published References
  • PSAS, 6 (1864-6), 338
  • Campbell & Sandeman, 21, no.146
  • Campbell & Sandeman, 34, no.242
  • Morris, 110, ARG 68
  • DES (1982), 22
  • Glasgow Herald, 1 September 1973
  • DES (1973), 13
  • Kist, 8 (1974), 6
  • Hawkins, "Mindsteps to the Cosmos" (1983), 100-2
Abbreviated References