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Standing Stones and Hill Forts

July 17, 2012

Day 7: A rainy day with low hanging clouds. We drove down the coast to Kilmartin Glen, where there are the standing stones and cairns of the Neolithic and Bronze Age peoples that inhabited the area, and then visited the hill fort of Dunadd, where the Gaelic kingdom of Dal Riata had its seat, from possibly the 500′s to the 800′s. (Sources conflict on dates…)

It’s raining again tonight as I write this.

Standing stones of Nether Largie:

Hill Fort of Dunadd:

on the way up

entrance through the cliffs

view from the top

Lesley with her foot in the impression in the stone where the ancient Gaelic and Scottish kings would place their foot when assuming the kingship.

too big to be king

Keywords: Dunadd, Kilmartin Glen, Nether Largie, Scotland, Standing Stones, Travel
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