📌 Kilmartin, Argyll & Bute
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Temple Wood is the picturesque setting for the best-preserved stone circle in Kilmartin Glen – but there’s more to it than that. A timber ring was first constructed here at least 5,000 years ago, before a stone circle was built next to this. Burial cairns were later added to this increasingly complex site, along with smaller burial cists. One of the stones in the circle features a spiral motif similar to Irish passage-grave art, suggesting an ancient link between these two regions.
🌍 Location
📌 Off minor road 1 mi south of Kilmartin
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NR 826978
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.123565,-5.498707
🚌 Very infrequent bus to Slockavulin nearby, or better service to Kilmartin (just over 1 mi via tracks & paths)
🚗 Lady Glassary Wood car park at 🧭 NR 830976 / 🛰️ 56.121395,-5.493413 – nearer car park is for disabled access only
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
💬 From the car park it’s a 10-min walk (each way) to the stone circle. Cross the minor road & footbridge beyond to reach Nether Largie Standing Stones. Continue northwest (directly away from the road behind) on a grassy path for 300m to the stone circle.
