The Ardminish cist on the Isle of Gigha is associated with a folk tale about three men turned to stone for abandoning their wives. This myth is thought to be a later interpretation by Christian converts, possibly replacing an earlier belief that the stones were a dwelling place for ancestral spirits. The cist itself is a short cist, discovered during quarrying, and roughly aligned north-south, a direction associated with death.
Northern Antiquarian.
The last site of the day, the last up and downs of the day.
Stones like these, south east, can be found almost surrounding the site hiding in the grass.
Underneath the tree, the remains of more wall on the north.
Not much left of this dun, the different height of grass – the remains of the north east wall.
The northernmost standing stones in the row.
Pair of stones towards the northern end of the row.
With Hob on the Hill round barrow on the crest to the right.
There are some great stones in this monument.
Looking south over North Ings Slack; Commondale Moor rises on the right.
Stones at the southern end of the row, looking north.
Cairn at NZ63531249, looking towards the North Sea coast at Marske and Saltburn.
Cairn at NZ63531249, the western of a pair on the north side of the track crossing the highest part of the moor.
Cairn at NZ63561250, the western of the pair is straight ahead, with other barrows across the skyline.
Cairn at NZ63561250, the eastern of a pair on the north side of the track crossing the highest part of the moor. The two Hob on the Hill barrows are silhouetted straight ahead in the strip of shadowed moorland in the middle distance.
The large cairn close to the summit of the moor at NZ63451234.