Kilmartin Glen Nether Largie Standing Stone Pair
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇬🇧 Argyll and Bute, Kilmartin, United Kingdom
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About Kilmartin Glen Nether Largie Standing Stone Pair
Kilmartin Glen Nether Largie Standing Stone Pair in Argyll and Bute, Kilmartin, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal walled area 12 ha and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 56.1280N -5.4920E controls access to Argyll and Bute resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient city for Argyll and Bute, Kilmartin, illustrating Bronze Age construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Regional urban centre controlling trade and administration
- Rediscovered
- 1983 survey
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction of Kilmartin Glen Nether Largie Standing Stone Pair main structure
c. 1923
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1983–2013
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Kilmartin Glen Nether Largie Standing Stone Pair) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
56.1280° N · 5.4920° W · 241 m · 3 mapped features
- Kilmartin Glen Nether Largie Standing Stone Pair — Main StructurestructurePrincipal ancient city — Walled area 12 ha with diagnostic masonry/panel56.1288° N · 5.4911° W
- Kilmartin Glen Nether Largie Standing Stone Pair — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature56.1270° N · 5.4927° W
- Kilmartin Glen Nether Largie Standing Stone Pair — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial56.1295° N · 5.4908° W
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