Another view of the Storm Floris damage, with the section of fallen tree across the circle centre.
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August 19, 2025
A substantial part of an adjacent tree fell across the circle as a result of Storm Floris. No outer stones appear to have been damaged, but the fallen mature branches now occupy a significant proportion of the circle interior.
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August 18, 2025
Set in a ripe barely field when I visited. There are tram lines in the field to access the site. All the stones have veins of quartzite through them. youtube.com/@Balloburn
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A lovely site set under an oak tree. It’s right by the track not in the middle of the field. youtube.com/@Balloburn
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from the Antiquities Of Gigha
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From The Antiquities of Gigha
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Amongst the oldest relics of man in Gigha is Carn Ban (the White Cairn) of the Late Bronze Age. It is of circular type, with no passage, and the cists are closed, with no divisions. The site is on a bench or shelf 30 feet above sea level, a few yards back from the beach, in a sea of heather and bracken, half a mile south south of Port Righ (King’s Port). In 1792, the cairn was denuded of almost all its stone by dykebuilders, who were unaware of its purpose until they laid bare the internal chambers.. They told how when they opened these they were greeted by an intolerable stench, which obliged them to drink spirits and keep on the windward side; and when they omitted these precautions they had violent headaches.
The Magic of Gigha – Freddie Gillies
Looking down the north west wall, Mill Loch sneaking into the photo.
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August 17, 2025
Safe behind the gate. The morning of 16th August, 2025ce.
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Cuckoo Stone. Late afternoon of 17th August, 2024ce.
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Cold April breath, Hetty Pegler’s Tump. 5th April, 2023ce.
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