This cave, seen from the banks of the River Dove where Beresford Dale transitions into Wolfscote Dale, is not, I learned later, the eponymous one which is behind the scrubby tree to its right. I believe the two are connected internally though.
Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from N. (08.10.26)
Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from E. (08.10.26)
Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from S. (08.10.26)
Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from W. (08.10.26)
Linear Stone Feature on SW Arc of Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from SSE. (08.10.26)
Entrance of Passage of Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from NE. (08.10.26)
Entrance of Passage of Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from SE. (08.10.26)
Entrance of Passage of Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from SW. (08.10.26)
Entrance Lintel of Passage of Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from NW. (08.10.26)
Polygonal Central Chamber of Ledbeg W Chambered Cairn viewed from SSE. (08.10.26)
Ledbeg E Chambered Cairn viewed from N. (08.10.26)
Ledbeg E Chambered Cairn viewed from E. (08.10.26)
Ledbeg E Chambered Cairn viewed from S. (08.10.26)
Ledbeg E Chambered Cairn viewed from W. (08.10.26)
Earth and Stone Horn Radiating from SW Arc of Ledbeg E Cairn viewed from SE. (08.10.26)
Visited 08.10.26
I followed in the squelchy footsteps of thelonius and gladman down to the banks of Loch Cam before heading NE up a pathless slope towards the Cam Loch Cairns. (Should they be called the Ledbeg Cairns given that they are located in rough pasture SW of Ledbeg?) The going underfoot was energy sapping. I was fortunate to head directly for a gap in the deer fence. The moorland beyond the fence was equally unforgiving but an obvious cairn loomed into view, a green oasis on the edge of brown moorland. Ledbeg W Cairn more than made up for the soggy route to it: a grassy mound with a large portal on the SE and remains of a polygonal chamber in the centre. Ledbeg E Cairn is located c. 150 m E of its companion cairn. It is an undisturbed mound with few features save for a few large kerb stones and an earth bank radiating from the SW arc.
I used the OSGR’s quoted in trove.scot 4645 to navigate to the Ledbeg Cairns. Ledbeg W Cairn is located at NC 23460 13160 and Ledbeg E Cairn is located at NC 23602 13133.
A big slab of a stone. It’s close to the road and in a field next to Land Rover off roading tracks.
