There's two real ways to get up here: one from the Oban-Kilmartin roadside; the other from Ford village. I'd go for the latter as it avoids the traffic. Walk up the track to Salachary from the village centre, heading west. It's a gradual uphill climb and after about half-a-mile - past six or seven cup-marked rocks - the great hill rises to your left. Dun Dubh is to your right. Climb over the fence and head for the hilltop.
It's my opinion that this fort, above all others in the region apart from Dunadd, was of paramount importance to our prehistoric ancestors. It is the great pyramidal hill to which the line of tombs in the Kilmartin Valley align, three miles to the south. This alignment was quite intentional. (if you've got your doubts, gerrup there & have a look for y'self - you'll soon change yer mind)
It was "the fort of King Connal's people," and although much denuded, is well worth the clamber for a short archaeological day out. A curious "gaming-board" was found here (see photo). A portable cup-marked stone in the fort's southern wall is a modern artifact.
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