Nether Largie Mid Cairn stands at the heart of a 2km line of cairns in Kilmartin Glen. These five burial monuments all date to about 5,000 to 3,500 years ago, and are associated with the many other ritual monuments of the area, such as Temple Wood Stone Circle.
From Nether Largie Mid Cairn it’s possible to see up and down the linear cemetery.

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1. Kilmartin Glebe Cairn – Nether Largie Mid Cairn loop from Kilmartin

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2. Temple Wood stone circle – Nether Largie South Cairn loop from Kilmartin

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3. Nether Largie Mid Cairn – Kilmartin Glebe Cairn loop from Kilmartin

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Location: Dunadd, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom

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1. Kilmartin Glebe Cairn – Nether Largie Mid Cairn loop from Kilmartin

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