Day excursion to Carman hill Cardross. Hilltop fort and encampment and enclosures below

22nd February 2014
"The Kingdom of the Clyde" Archaeology of early Medieval Southern Scotland
Yet another fantastic full day outing. Three locations covered. Paisley Abbey, Govan Old Parish Church and Inchinan Parish church. Report to follow. Image is of the Hogback stones from Govan Church.

The treasurer trying the cairn out for size.
The third walk visited some great stone art panels with a variety of cup and ring marks. Further details of the excursion can be found in the report at the bottom of the page.

Here we see a group discussion about cairns the Kilmartin Glen linear cemetry and the importance of these sites to ancient people. The day consisted of three walks. Walk 1 started at the Kilmartin Museum, and the churchyard with the ancient grave slabs and crosses. this then progressed down the valley visiting cairns cists standing stones and other monuments.