After clambering back down from North Druimachro I followed the track past the entrance to farm of the same name, veered north east and left the track just before Gallochoille Cottage to head towards the coast. The dun is short distance south and has to be one of the most scenic places I’ve visited.
It was humid, thundery clouds and a calm sea all added to the atmosphere. No drenching for me as the rain headed east. Remnants of wall survive to the west, a gap of about 1m indicating the entrance. Bits of wall survive on the north, to the east the wall has been washed away, a few stones can be seen lying on the shore.
Measuring 17m by 12m, it is a bit of a ‘what was’ site, Gigha seems to be that kind of place as regards history.
Beautiful place!
Visited 03/08/2025.
Couldn’t agree more about the what was… and that includes the probability that a lot of wood was used for defences and superstructures, rotted away and woods now gone for the most part, same as Colonsay. I’ve been finding plenty of regularly spaced small stones under the vegetation presumably used to jam wooden uprights.
Probably a lot of hut circles, now in dry stane dykes.