The weather remained cloudy and the wind had picked up for the last visit to a prehistoric site on the this trip Colonsay. Follow the track as it heads south west from Dun Tealtaig. Uragaig is easy to spot with its distinctive shape.
Apart from the entrance on the east, a natural causeway some of which has collapsed, the rest of the fort is surrounded by steep cliffs and guarded by some sheep.
It seems to be a fort of extensions, nature had been kind to the builders providing them with what looks like spare rooms, to me at least. They also made use of the ridge on the east side and built a wall – 60m in length and survives, still standing at just over 0.5m and 2m wide. Inside this wall there are several hut circles and other traces of buildings, probably built at a later date.
So that was Colonsay, guess we’ll be back.
Visited 15/08/2024.
You’d better.. I’ve got plenty of fieldnotes and new unrecorded sites to upload here soon... am resolved not to sit on stuff like last year. Fresh back from there and Gigha. There’s loads and loads to see. A place like no other.
Sounds good, plenty places for everyone to enjoy, there's no rush :-)