Dun Eibhinn has superb views and from its north east entrance you can see Buaile Riabhach, slightly to the north of a white coloured building. The descent isn’t very steep, some high ferns and a couple of fences to jump.
Like many others who have seen or written about Buaile Reibhach, its a confusing site. Definitely two standing stones (one standing perfectly, the other looking like it has visited the nearby hotel), possibly a kerb cairn, or perhaps a chamber cairn. Whatever it is, its well placed next to the well used track, leading to Loch Turraman, that has probably been used for centuries.
I looked for and found two nearby cairns, however, they were completely covered in high ferns so another visit required.
With that it was back to the track and the B8085 to walk back to the car at Scalasaig (village). The first major walk on the island completed.
Visited 11/08/2024.
Bet you can’t wait to get back, eh? Meee too. Less than four months to go..
A wee change of plan, Colonsay next year so we can get the tides sorted for Oronsay. Gigha this summer, my annual visit to Tayvallich and trying to get on to the smaller uninhabited islands first.
Ha! Aiming to at least visit Gigha if not stay after Colonsay. I don’t know anything about the archaeology, will gen up, just one of those places that have been on my bucket list for years.. those gardens. Fingers crossed - logistic planning ongoing.
There was something on one of the Calmac programmes about Gigha, and all the other islands. Looked pretty good to me. Checked the tide patterns and they weren't very favourable for Oronsay so Gigha for summer. Tayvallich in Easter which will include some lesser spotted sites at Kilmartin as well and jumping onto islands :-)