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F IG . 9.8 ( a , b ) Netherlargie South Chambered Cairn, Kilmartin (Photos
by Chris Stanley (1982) and author (1997)). ( c ) The stone circle at Tem-
ple Wood, Kilmartin, washed out by reflected sunlight (compare Fig. 8.2)
(Photo by author, 1982)
been over the ships in the Firth - but there's still no comparison
with Chris's pictures, taken with better equipment and with much
more skill.
At Temple Wood and Kilmartin, we hit a different problem.
The Sun angle was wrong, and the only picture Chris obtained was
of the Chambered Cairn at Netherlargie South (Fig. 9.8 ). I photo-
graphed the nearby small circle, in which excavation had revealed
a central kist, possibly the burial place of astronomer priests
(Fig. 8.2 ); but the detail was washed out by the reflected glare from
the stone bed (Fig. 9.8c ) .
Graham Ritchie had listed several other sites in Argyllshire,
but as I wasn't familiar with them and time was passing, we made
straight for Colonsay. Leslie let me take the controls in 'fly-by-
wire' mode, on automatic pilot but overriding it, and I took us
across the sea and through a preset descent on the approach to Bal-
nahard Bay, on the northwest of the island. Over the brow of the
 
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