A morning of relaxed breakfast and a nice chat with Isobel, our host, about Scottish Nationalist policy followed by a visit to the Kilmartin Museum.
The town is perched on the side of a glaciated valley containing a linear collection of burial mounds and standing stone circles. The 4000 year old remains are amoung Scotland's most significant historic monuments.
We went through the Kilmartin Museum in our usual slick manner before retiring to the lovely cafe and watched the walking tour slowly progress from one stone pile to another. We finished our lunch then headed out on a similar self guided tour and returned to the tea shop having seen and been inside several burial mounds and looking at the cup and ring carvings on huge standing stones before the walking group had finished their tour! We may have missed out on some of the historic background though!
We then viewed some fine carved stones in the Kilmartin churchyard and bought some chocolate and biscuit provisions for the next few days in the well stocked village shop.
Our evening meal was about 100 paces away so we returned for good food and beer in the Kilmartin Hotel.
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