IN a small village in Argyll and Bute, you’ll find a place so steeped in Scotland’s ancient past that at times it’s almost hard to comprehend…
IN a small village in Argyll and Bute, you’ll find a place so steeped in Scotland’s ancient past that at times it’s almost hard to comprehend just what you’re dealing with.
But, more importantly, it's now a place with a museum worthy of representing the beauty and history with which it’s so closely associated.facilities, Kilmartin Museum is due to re-open to the public on September 3.In an exclusive chat with the Sunday National, the museum’s director and curator Dr Sharon Webb spoke about the museum’s long re-development process and why it’s so crucial that people now have access to Scotland’s ancient past.
Webb explained: “There’s a new learning centre where kids can go and do activities and we have labs for ongoing research. A standing stone circle remains at Temple Wood located just a few minutes from the museum. What’s left is the remnants of a sacred arena where people gathered to stage rituals and express their beliefs.
The Glen is known for its linear cemetery of five burial cairns and its obvious how closely the museum and the landscape are connected with many of the historical sites visible from the windows and easily accessible for anyone wishing to walk out to them. Minto jokes that she herself found the period of history a little “boring” but that the museum “brings the people alive”.
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