Eilean An Tighe Crannog viewed from S. (08.10.26)
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October 19, 2026
Eilean An Tighe Crannog viewed from S. (08.10.26)
Image credit: Mark Johnstone
Eilean An Tighe Crannog viewed from S. (08.10.26)
Image credit: Mark Johnstone
Eilean An Tighe Crannog viewed from S. (08.10.26)
Image credit: Mark Johnstone
Visited 08.10.26
Eilean An Tighe island is on Loch Cam, c. 0.5 mile NE of Elphin , a village in the Highlands. The manmade island is located c. 150m NW off the S end of Loch Cam. Eilean An Tighe is subcircular measuring c. 30m in diameter and 1m above water level. The surface is densely populated by mature trees. trove.scot 4635 states that the “level summit area (19.0m E-W by 14.0m N-S) is enclosed by an irregular wall averaging 1.4m thick and faced with boulders some of which are very large. The wall appears to be fairly modern and the vegetation within suggests a garden was planted here at one time.” Eilean An Tighe is classified as a possible crannog (Period Unassigned) on trove.scot 4635.
In my estimation, there are few (relatively) low-level ancient enclosures in such an exceptional environment.
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Looking from Tyrrau Mawr, the enclosure occupies the left-section of the ridge overlooking the wondrous Llynnau Cregennen. The equally wondrous Mawddach and southern Rhinogydd can be seen beyond
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October 16, 2026
Kind of underwhelming, though interesting to note the changing environment over the time since Nucleus was here.
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I have to say this is one of the most aesthetically-pleasing ‘antiquarian’ vistas I’ve had the privilege to witness....
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Sunburst upon Tyrrau Mawr, looking across Carnedd Lwyd to the central peaks of Cadair Idris
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The larger wedge tomb in Marblehill townland has been cleared and is well worth checking out.
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Inside the chamber – the monument would not have been the biggest of its type.
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The stone on the left here is a portal stone m, I believe.
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Cissbury Ring is a hillfort on a chalk spur about 3km north of the Channel at Worthing. Roughly oval, about 24 hectares, built in the Middle Iron Age around 400 BC. Bank 1.3m to 3.9m high, ditch about 5m wide and 2m deep.
The part that stayed with me: the bank is biggest on the south-east, where the ground slopes away gradually and someone could actually walk up. Where the hill defends itself, the wall gets lazy. Where it doesn’t, the wall works.
The hill was busy long before the fort. Under the south-west lies a Neolithic flint mine: at least 270 hollows, 3m to 36m across, shafts dug to the flint seams. One of only about 20 recorded nationally. Then a Roman settlement inside the fort, medieval ploughing, a beacon John Aubrey mentions, a Napoleonic infantry post, and a WWII anti-aircraft position whose three rings still sit there.
A stack, each layer using the last.
Sources: Historic England NHLE 1015817; Donachie & Field, A Survey of Cissbury Ring (1993).
October 15, 2026
South over the chamber towards Cregg Hill, now being quarried to oblivion.
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