Kilmartin Stones
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The Kilmartin Stones are a collection of ancient graveslabs (one exception being a side-slab of a tomb chest) located on the grounds at the Kilmartin Parish Church in the village of Kilmartin, Scotland.
The earliest stones date back to the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries, with the latest stones dated 1707 and 1712.
Originally, the stones would have been laid flat on the ground or over a grave. After the Reformation, however, many of the stones were moved, and in 1956 they were moved inside a shelter to protect them from the weather.
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