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Kilmartin Stones
56.1336° N, -5.4869° E
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The Kilmartin Stones are a collection of 79 ancient graveslabs (one exception being a side-slab of a tomb chest) at Kilmartin parish church in the village of Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland, about 30 km due south of Oban (about 46 km by road). The earliest stones date back to the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries, with the most recent ones dated 1707 and 1712.
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Oldest chambered cairn
c. 6,000 years old
Earliest graveslabs
13th–14th centuries
Latest dated slabs
1707 and 1712
Shelter installation
1956
Archaeological Features
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Religious and Ritual Structures
Artistic and Decorative Features
Astronomical and Timekeeping Structures
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