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Whenever you see some ancient pot described as a 'ritual' pot, you know that really, the archaeologist has no idea what it was actua...

Leac Na Baan, now a Bed and Breakfast, was in the past a farm/township, part of the Arichonan Estate. In 1798 and 1802, when Niel Malcolm o...

First, a closeup of Dunadd's "cup": South of Kilmartin Valley, and of the Crinan Canal there is a township (now a B&B, Whi...

Dunadd is a rocky outcrop a few miles north of Lochgilphead. There is little left of its past now. But back in the day, when the Scottish ...

Carnasserie Castle sits on a hill a couple of kilometers north of Kilmartin Village. It was built for the 5th Earl of Argyll about 1565, ...

Luck was with us in Kilmartin, because we happened upon a Gala put on by the local people. There was a lot going on, of course, including a...

Inside the Church there are a number of plaques on the walls, some remembering the Malcolms of Poltalloch who purchased Duntroon Castle in t...

The church at Kilmartin is host to a Poltalloch enclosure with a display of medieval gravestones. Notice the mention of the Loch Awe school ...

Kilmartin Glen is one of the most important archaeological sites in Europe. Super-ancient items are scattered from one end to the other of ...

Across the road from the Alpaca herd was a Standing Stone. The entire Kilmartin Glen is festooned with such stones (and cairns). This parti...

No, we did not go over to Oban this trip. Instead, we concentrated on Kilmartin Glen, Lochgilphead, and south of the Crinan Canal. This me...

After Jura, we found lodgings in the Ford Hotel, 12 miles north of Lochgilphead. Ford lies at the south end of Loch Awe , a long narrow lak...

It becomes obvious, as one travels around these islands, that in the old times, the West Highlands was a sea faring area. Today, aside fro...

Of course, there are standing stones on Jura. Jura, Island of Deer , by Peter Youngson, proved to be an invaluable guide for this part of t...

My principal aim on going to Jura was to see and photograph the pier at Lagg, across from Kiells, Knapdale. This was part of a drovers...

Aside from coastal 'microclimates', Jura looks like this: Dominating the skyline are the "Paps of Jura". "Paps"...

We stayed at the Jura Hotel in Craighouse, right beside the Jura Scotch Distillery. The latter produces "Superstition" Single Ma...

I really enjoyed our stay on this island. It has a very small human population (apparently some 200 people), and a very large deer populati...

There is a small ferry that travels across the Islay Sound to Feolin on Jura. The Feolin Centre is a nascent information centre for Jura. I...

Kildalton Cross is the only complete, unbroken, early Christian wheel cross to survive in Scotland. It was carved in the late 700s. The Cro...