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October 21, 2025
The A832 and River Kerry (a sharp corner) head north, the B8056 heads towards Baldachro and Redpoint. The river takes a sharp bend southwards towards its source at Loch Bad an Sgalaig. Good place for a fort.
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October 20, 2025
Plan of the fort.
Image credit: ANTIQUITIES IN GAIRLOCH PARISH, ROSS-SHIRE.
Lead ingots dating back almost 3,000 years have been found with several broken-up bronze tools in a discovery which has excited experts.
The A832 heads south, the River Kerry heads towards Gairloch.
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The name, meaning “rock of the giant”, would be quite suitable as the name of a crag on which an ancient fort was built, as referring to the building as the work of a giant.
A local resident knows the name as “Creag an Fhomhair” and gives as the meaning “the giant’s rock”.
Ross and Cromarty Heritage
October 19, 2025
Don’t hang about on the A832 for very long, beware of camper vans trying to do the NC500 in one day.
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A dreich day near Poolewe, this taken from the west side of the loch.
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Initial conservation work has revealed “exceptionally rare” silver-coloured items in a hoard of Bronze Age artefacts unearthed by a metal detectorist in the Borders.
The entrance to the burial chamber
Revisited September 2025
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 09/2025
What an Impressive site
Revisited September 2025
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 09/2025
The dual enclosure at the eastern end
Revisited September 2025
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 09/2025
The tomb calls for a panorama shot, Kleinenknetener Steine 1 in all its splendor.
Re-revisited September 2025
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 09/2025
The stones of the northern end
Re-revisited September 2025
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 09/2025
Here you can view a 3D model of the site with the option to rotate the tomb in all directions and zoom in and out
Re-revisited September 2025
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 09/2025
Re-revisited September 2025
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 09/2025