A view of the circle from the path leading on from the (now closed) entrance.
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April 22, 2026
Very overgrown mound/bowl barrow, would be interesting to see in person.
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Barrow appears to be destroyed, only cropmarks remain.
This barrow is located at the top of the hill which was the site of the iconic “They’ll never take our freedom!” scene from Mel Gibson’s ‘Braveheart’ 1995, for which the hill gets its name.
The barrow itself is inaccessable being on private land, but luckily it is adjacent to the road which is genrerlally quite quiet, with ample pull in spots. Quite easy to get to if you want to snap some pics yourself!
The iconic shot of the “They will never take our freedom!” scene from Barveheart contrasted with a more modern shot of the hill.
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April 21, 2026
A wonderful shot of the curragh of Kildare atop Braveheart hill itself!
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Another shot of the barrow with less debris.
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Described as a ditch barrow on the o.s map, in person it’s a subtle rise of earth I’d say about 1m in height and 10-15 in diameter.
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A shot from the barrows edge on the roadside.
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Love the aesthetics of this barrow!
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A beautifully domed round barrow, slightly eroded by the adjacent road.
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The forts south side, the trees are on the hill leading to Barr A Chuirn, the climb up best described as a nightmare.
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The fort’s north side, if you think its boggy and pouring with rain you’d be right.
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Certainly equal of most places in the Kilmartin area, apart from Ormaig.
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Surrounding the site a nice fence, the grass inside perfectly cut.
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Nice to have some rain to highlight the rock art.
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April 20, 2026
Details of the dun, more importantly vegetation free photos.
Heavy vegetation hadn’t played a part in any of the day’s visits to prehistoric sites, Dun Ach’ Na H-Atha made up for all of them.
From the farm walk back towards the main road until the farm track widens, this appears to be an old quarry used for keeping machinery. Head north towards the fence and follow carefully, on the west side, until the vegetation widens. When you reach here be careful not to trip over hidden stonework like I did – it does mean that the dun has been reached. However, this isn’t a very easy walk, during my visit several bulls watched my every move from the field to the east, and a couple of feet to the west it is a sheer drop to the bottom. To make matters worse stones from a fallen dyke are trip hazards.
After picking myself up and I tramped a few bits of vegetation down to reveal a few stones. Probably the best time to visit would be during the winter months. The link from Trove shows some decent black and white photographs of walling.
The dun would have been oval shaped being 15m by 13m with the wall being 1.1m at its highest point.
The OS have a remnants of a cairn situated nearby but I didn’t find anything, once again a winter visit might reveal what the ferns were hiding.
Visited 01/08/2025.
At Dun Domhnuill I remembered that I’d left my car and lunch at Killean Church so back I went heading north on the A83. After being reunited with the car I headed south and ended up at South Muasdale Farm. The farmer allowed me to park my car at farm and I continued on the second half of the day’s walking.
The stone is only a short, easy walk north from the farm and can be clearly seen. On a clear day the north of Ireland, Islay and Jura would also be seen, sadly for me the bright skies of the morning had been covered by cloud.
However, it only made the 3m high stone look more dramatic especially with a very flat looking Atlantic providing the western backdrop. On either side of the stone runs a dry stane dyke, a common feature at standing stones in this area.
Fantastic stone, fantastic setting.
Visaited 01/08/2025.
Heading south from Red Cove (on the A83) Dun Domhnuill is similar to Red Cove as it is situated a few metres east of the main road.
Red Cove has suffered some erosion, Dun Domhuill has suffered a lot of erosion. Much of the walls have tumbled down the 12m high rock, most of the entrance has gone, what remains is on the west side of the grass covered summit measuring 15m by 7.5m. The best remains of the wall can be found on the site’s north side.
Visited 01/08/2025.