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May 25, 2025
Southeastern rampart with entrance top right.
Image credit: A. Brookes (1.6.2024)
Low round barrow near the highest point of the hill, inside the fort.
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Very impressive round barrow inside the rampart at the southwest of the fort.
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Western ramparts, with Middle Hill over on the left.
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Looking across the ramparts towards nearby sites: Cley Hill hillfort (far left skyline), Cop Heap round barrow (prominent hill left of centre), Battlesbury (right of centre), Middle Hill round barrow (topped with trees, far right).
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Scratchbury from the northwest, on the slopes of Middle Hill.
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Chapel Carn Brea N Cairn viewed from E.
Image credit: Mark Johnstone
Visited 01.12.13
It is ironic that so many antiquarians have driven past this stony cairn crossing the Ballachulish Bridge to and from Fort William, yet so few have stopped to visit it. The cairn is not particularly impressive but it has good southern views.
North Ballachulish Cairn is a stony mound on the N side of Ballachulish Bridge, c. 150 yards W of the A82 passing North Ballachulish. Take the unsigned dead-end right turn onto Old Ferry Road c. 100 yards after the N end of Ballachulish Bridge. Park up in a lay-by c. 110 yards down the road. Walk c. 110 yards back to the junction then walk 30 yards S towards the bridge. A tarmac path heads W into a field. Follow the path through a gate then head SSW across the field towards 2 mature trees on the edge of the cairn. My walking route is viewable on North Ballachulish Cairn.
Looking from the overgrown top of the barrow towards Battlesbury.
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Carfury Menhir. Photo taken from the south-east on 15 May 2004.
Image credit: Chris Bond
Carfury Menhir. Photo taken from the south-west on 15 May 2004.
Image credit: Chris Bond
Carfury Menhir. Photo taken from the west-north-west on 15 May 2004.
Image credit: Chris Bond
Carfury Menhir. Photo taken from the west-north-west on 15 May 2004.
Image credit: Chris Bond
Long zoom on long barrow. Apologies for the poor quality but as this long barrow is firmly within the Imber Firing Range perimeter, I think this may be one of the best available viewpoints to see it without permission from the MOD.
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Middleton Down, centre skyline, seen from the ridge between Battlesbury hillfort and Middle Hill. The long barrow is a prominent feature on the skyline, centre.
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The excellent Battlesbury from Middle Hill to the ESE. Over on the left skyline the prominent hills are Cley Hill (hillfort) and Cop Heap (round barrow).
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