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Decent slope on the east side.

Islay and Jura in the murky distance.

The north east section.

The west side of the cairn.

From the south.

West looking east, it’s an impressive cairn.

North west part of the cairn, Jura in the distance.

Fairly decent pic looking towards Gigha’s south, south side of the cairn as well.

The north side of the cairn.

Cnoc Nan Gobhar, hill of the goat, no goats but a kerb cairn. The west side looking east to the mainland.

To the north west, over the sea to Jura.

The edge with the possible Ogham markings.

Looking south, comparing the stone to the height of a fence post.

Looking south west, the natural causeway behind.

Beware the Trove co-ordinates place the stone on the other side of the road, and a wee bit up the next door hill.

Looking over Saltergate Brow to where the ‘legendary’ Saltersgate Inn stood for over 200 years, until it was demolished in 2018.

The eastern section of dyke.

Looking ESE along the dyke.

Looking WNW from the western end of the dyke.

This slender, suspiciously megalithic stone lies above the edge of the escarpment, just north of the western end of Double Dyke.

From the north.