Discover Kilmartin Glen and its mysterious past

The discovery is considered rare, as most Bronze Age graves only served one person, while in the Neolithic it was common to have multiple bodies. Speaking to the BBC, Kilmartin Museum archaeologist Dr Aaron Watson said he believed there was much more to discover about the lifestyle of prehistoric Scots in the Argyll Valleys.

“What you are seeing dates back over four thousand years of history, and although it is difficult to imagine now, it was once a place of burial and ritual. But unlike other historical sites of this size, the entire place is open and [há mais] Waiting to be discovered. To [sobreposições de] The layers of the landscape over time are already natural to archaeologists, but difficult to understand with the naked eye.”

Watson is right. In addition to the five cemetery areas – Glebe Cairn, Nether Largie North Cairn, Nether Largie Mid Cairn, Nether Largie South Cairn and Ry Crowin Cairn – where necklaces, pots, ceramics and arrowheads have been found as well as bodies, there are now three other cemetery areas known for their huge circle-shaped structures of vertical rock. They are Nether Largie, Temple Wood and Ballymeanoch.

While Temple Wood has fewer stones – originally, the circle is thought to have contained 22 vertical stones up to 1.60 metres high – and also contains underground graves, Nether Large and Ballymenock may have had another purpose. Many experts, such as engineer Alexander Tom in a BBC documentary, Researcher John Patrick from the University of MelbourneI agree with that. The position of the rocks in the two circles corresponds to the location of the lunar observatory for predicting the eclipse.