New trail to unique treasures of the past and forest habitats
Kilmartin Museum and Heart of Argyll Wildlife Organisation (HAWO) have teamed up to form a treasure hunt trail.
Based at 12 sites in and around Kilmartin Glen and Knapdale, the self-guided route moves through the cultural and natural heritage world of Mid Argyll, visiting the Kilmartin Glen monuments, Argyll Beaver Centre, national nature reserves and forests.
Information is online at www.kilmartin.org/education and www.argyllbeavercentre.co.uk or from the Argyll Beaver Centre and Lochgilphead’s Argyll Book Centre.
A Kilmartin Museum spokesperson said: ‘We want to make the trail as accessible as possible so we have included links to web-based information to accompany each of the sites, especially helpful for those who cannot visit the area in person.’
Everyone taking part is being encouraged to take photographs at each site and post them to the Kilmartin Museum and HAWO Facebook and Instagram pages. A HAWO spokesperson added: ‘We are really looking forward to seeing everyone’s photographs of our beautiful area.’
For those completing the trail’s question sheet there is a chance to win an A4 portrait of their pet or favourite animal, drawn by HAWO ranger Oly Hemmings, and a signed copy of Kilmartin Museum’s guide book, In the Footsteps of Kings.
Kilmartin Glen is home to internationally significant prehistoric and early historic sites and monuments, making it one of Scotland’s most important archaeological landscapes. The prehistoric monuments include the densest concentration of rock art anywhere in Britain, a unique Neolithic and Bronze Age linear cemetery, the remains of one of Scotland’s largest timber circles and Dunadd Hill Fort which was first fortified around 2,400 years ago.
Knapdale Forest is home to an internationally important range of habitats and species. Temperate Rainforest is one of the rarest and most threatened habitats on Earth. Answer sheets can be emailed to info@ heartofargyllwildlife.org or education@kilmartin.org by August 31 or can be dropped in to Argyll Beaver Centre.