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Description |
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Excavations
in 1979 showed that a setting of at least 6 wooden posts once stood
here. After dismantling the posts an elliptical stone setting was partly
erected but not completed. A radiocarbon date of 3075bc ± 190 came
from charcoal in a stone socket. |
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Excavation Details |
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This is one of the
few key sites around Kilmartin which has been treated to a thorough,
modern excavation. Several features give an Irish flavour to this west
coast monument. It is thought that the northern circle was constructed
to align with the mid-day sun on the winter solstice. |
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Access /
Ownership |
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Managed
by Historic Scotland, this site is fully accessible, including disabled
carpark and gate. |
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Published References |
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- RCAHMS Argyll vol. 6 no. 228
- PSAS 64 (1929-30) p130-1
- PSAS 95 (1960-1) p18 no. 122
- GAJ vol 15 p53-125
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Abbreviated
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