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Kinloch, Isle of Rum

Kinloch, Rum

One of the oldest settlements in Scotland, built by stone-tool makers.

At Kinloch on Rum, archaeologists found one of the oldest known settlements in Scotland, around 8,500 years old. Hunters crossed the sea to collect bloodstone, a green stone speckled with red, which they made into tools.

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When
About 6500 BC
Where
57.0120, -6.2820
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

Rum is reached by ferry from Mallaig. Kinloch Castle is nearby.

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