| An important feature of our interdisciplinary course, Environment of Scotland Through the Ages, was a series of visits to environmental and archaeological sites. Kilmartin Valley, mid-Argyll, western Scotland, is the home of an incredible concentration of ancient monuments, many of which are prehistoric, and is the birthplace of the Kingdom of Dalriada, the founding of the Scottish nation. | ||
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| 23. On the shores of Loch Lomond, en route to Kilmartin. | 25. View across valley towards the town of Kilmartin. | 24. Fine examples of gravestones from the old kirk yard at the Kilmartin Museum. |
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| 26. Nether Largie, a complex settting of standing stones in the central Kilmartin Valley. | 27. Temple Wood stone circle and burial cist, Kilmartin Valley. | 28. Investigating Nether Largie South, a chambered cairn in the Kilmartin Valley. | |
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