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Kilmartin art event 'Half-Life' - news story News story in today's Herald newspaper has more details about this: http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/features/display.var.1645911.0.0.php Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by VickyD 28th August 2007ce Edited 28th August 2007ce

'Half Life' events from 4-16th September http://www.halflife.org.uk/ Thought provoking archaeological artiness at Kilmartin's Neolithic sites, with NVA http://www.nva.org.uk/ and the National Theatre of Scotland. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 26th August 2007ce

Kilmartin wins eleventh hour reprieve From an article by Stephen Stewart of The Herald - 9th September 2004 One of Scotland's most important museums has been saved from closure by a £100,000 investment package. Frank McAveety, the culture minister, helped broker the deal which will save Kilmartin House Museum in Argyll... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 9th September 2004ce Edited 9th September 2004ce

University looks back 15,000 years by RHIANNION EDWARD of The Scotsman, Monday 5 July 2004 RESEARCHERS are hoping that a computer program will map all of Scotland and give a virtual impression of the landscape as far back as 15,000 years ago... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 5th July 2004ce

Kilmartin House Museum in Crisis Kilmartin House Museum is an independent charitable institution established in Scotland in 1994... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Kozmik_Ken 24th May 2004ce Edited 24th May 2004ce

Mixed Ashes of Man and Animal Give Insight into Bronze Age From The Herald 22 March 2004. A birdwatcher who unearthed the 4000-year-old cremated remains of a young man has given archaeologists fresh insight into the close, superstitious bonds between humans and animals in prehistoric society... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by greywether 22nd March 2004ce Edited 25th March 2004ce

Ancient Scots Link To Stonehenge 'Ancient Scots may have enjoyed sophisticated economic, social and cultural links with the builders of one of the world's most mysterious ancient monuments, according to new research... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 18th November 2003ce Edited 18th November 2003ce

3-D modelling of Kilmartin rock art Computer age recreates prehistoric sites in search of answers to carvings mystery From Scotsman... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 1st May 2003ce Edited 9th May 2003ce

Sacred pool ringed by totem poles in Scotland's ritual glen British Archaeology news Issue 64, April 2002. An early Bronze Age timber circle containing an inner ring of totem poles set around a deep, sacred pool is thought to have once stood at the head of the Kilmartin Valley in Argyll, site of one of Scotland's richest concentrations of prehistoric ritual monuments... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by phil 15th May 2002ce

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I think that one of the best ways to see the tombs and stones at the top end of the valley is to walk past the museum and down to the bottom of the road. Cross the field diagonally and you will find a stile onto a path which takes you to each of the cists and then onto Temple Wood and the great cross. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by wee_malky 7th October 2002ce Edited 9th June 2003ce

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Posted by GLADMAN 10th June 2013ce