The larger of the 2 cairns, NR65596 52426, west side looking north east.
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August 15, 2025
‘The Road Goes Ever On’ – the road goes south, I head north.
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Looking west, to the north west – the Paps of Jura.
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I often wonder if this stone is trying to say something.
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A view like this makes it all worthwhile.
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From beneath the top, could get no further – fell into a swampy bit and my legs found the remnants of a barbed wire fence.
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My attempt from the east, faced head high brambles, ferns, gorse and various other jabby stuff.
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From the south, some natural defence, aside for gorse and brambles, can be seen.
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August 13, 2025
Marching down the road, north west, to the next equally untouchable dun, this on the north west.
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The stone is supposed to be in amongst the trees behind, I did look and ended up in a bog. Now the stone appears to be next to a track near houses on the south side of Ardminish.
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To left in the scraped brown bit, another 3 cups.
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Some cup marls are visible near the blurry bit. The brown section has 4 cup marks.
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The missing stone, re-found, has 15 shallow cup marks.
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August 12, 2025
Directions to Devil’s Bowling Green: You can park up at NX 4140 8028 close to the end of public vehicle access to Glen Trool. Walk NE along the road for c. 350 yards to reach the path to Bruce’s Stone. Avoid the Benyellary Path, continue down the private road, cross a bridge and bear left onto the Loch Valley path at NX 4198 8050. The path is defined but boggy in places, continuing upwards towards Loch Valley, then Loch Neldricken. Turn right round the bank of Loch Neldricken to reach a path heading N. Follow this path for c. 300 yards then head E towards the N slope of Craignaw. This is a pathless ascent for c. 1000 yards with a height gain of 200 yards. When you reach the ridge of Craignaw you should see a large flat rockbed at NX 45723 83683 with a variety of stones deposited on its surface. This is the Devil’s Bowling Green. My walking route is viewable on Devil’s Bowling Green (Craignaw).The route is strenuous totalling c. 500 yards of climbing on the way up in c. 4.4 miles. Walking Boots and GPS or Compass Navigation are compulsory. Extra clothing, food and water are strongly recommended.
Kinererach – The oldest monolith in Gigha today is probably that which stands forgotten near the farmhouse of Kinererach to the north of the island. It rises on the edge of the original road, where it is almost invisible in the field in which the farmhouse stands. Little remains but a stump. It has been reduced to a height of five feet, with a width of three feet and is somewhat oval in section; but the stump itself is broken, so that the shape is now rather that of a low seat with a back.
