After hunting about for various cairns on the south of the A836 it was time to drive along the road to park near Ardvannie’s Chamber Cairn, slightly to the north. At almost 26 meters wide and 1.6m tall, it would take a large tree to protect it. A beech provides the large tree which seems to be trying to protect the chamber, situated on the cairn’s south west.
As usual the cairn has been damaged, the access road has removed a chunk on the east side, field clearance has been dumped on top (also around the edges) along with the usual stone removal.
A bit of a ‘what if’ but also enough to let an imagination conjure up an image of what it once looked like.
We would see this site again later in the day, completely accidentally, of course.
Visited 31/03/2025.
Despite being ruined it still is an impressive site. i guess we should be happy that the more wasn't looted for the nearby roads and buildings!
It was a bit of a shock to find it again later from the other side after our epic ramble :)
I probably can guarantee similar events fairly soon :-)