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The north side of the chair.

As can be seen getting up the hill wasn’t easy, I’ve no idea the amount of fallen trees I crawled under or climbed over to get to the top.

The south section.

South west part of the cairn.

Dun Skeig seen from Gigha across, at right hand edge of image. In the foreground is just a fraction of what seems a huge unrecorded site that I have found after a bit of Irish Gaelic translation and a lot of scratches, above Port Righ – Port of the King – and Port Mor. Just a teaser. A lot more photographs and fieldnotes to come. Something that needs to be done right

Seen from the minor road near Marguard. Loch Tarbert to the right.

Seen from the Gigha ferry. Want a dominant vantage point for miles around? Look no further than Dun Skeig

The NW side seen from the Portachollan road.. if you squint hard enough you can see one of the entrances a third of the way along the ramparts from the left. There is a clearer view of it to be had a bit uphill but I didn’t stop – was on a timer, big drive down to Manchester. Got there ten hours later.
Anyway… plenty online about this place: multiple forts, one vitrified, dwellings… a ‘must visit’ in my opinion. Best walking routes online. Go. I will when next up, touch wood. What a place.

Seen from above the shore SSW of Portachollan.. I cannot recommend a visit to this stunningly beautiful place in May highly enough.

NW side seen from Portachollan – which is little known down an unsigned road and idyllic. A white tailed sea eagle and a diver hauntingly calling in the space of a minute.

The SW side seen from the A83 near Stewartfield

Handy for a wee snooze or a place to apply some plasters.

At least we know there used to be a chamber – we now can sit on it.

The most obvious thing to do is to turn the site into a huge chair.

The cairn is battered, half the trees are down, legs and head took a bit of a beating.

The natural defences on the east – very handy.

The north east wall wall swings round to be met by natural defences.

Beneath the east wall looking north.

Remnants of the east wall.

The northern flank of the monument.

Looking north-east down along the multi-chambered tomb.

The almost standalone, sealed chamber at the south-west end of the tomb.

The southern flank.