Burial Chamber Kilmartin Glen With Music On History Visit Near Kintyre Argyll Scotland

Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of a burial chamber in Kilmartin Glen on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip near Kintyre in Argyll, Britain, United Kingdom. A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic era, consisting of a sizeable, stone chamber around and over which often a cairn of stones was constructed. Some chambered cairns are also passage graves. They are found throughout Britain and Ireland, with the largest number in Scotland. Typically, the chamber is larger than a cist, and will contain a larger number of interments,. Most were situated near a settlement, and served as that community's graveyard. The glen has the most important concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in mainland Scotland. The glen is located between Oban and Lochgilphead. There are more than 800 ancient monuments within a six mile radius of the village of Kilmartin, with 150 of those being prehistoric. Monuments include standing stones, stone circles, a henge monument, numerous cists, and burial cairns. Several of these, as well as many natural rocks, are decorated with cup and ring marks. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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