Visited 07.10.26 & 08.10.26
I had planned a visit to the area around Elphin using trove.scot Map Search to find obscure cairns. The Knockan cairns were my first port of call on a showery changeable morning. I found a convenient lay-by 100 yards down from the cairns. I hopped over the fence and scrambled down the steep slope towards the telegraph pole. I was trying to make sense of the jumbled stones on Knockan W Cairn when a heavy shower sent me scuttling to my car. I continued N to other sites before returning in the early afternoon. It was dry for 10 minutes then another downpour made me abandon the site. My third attempt to examine the cairn two hours later was aborted when it started pouring as soon as I parked up. I took this as a sign from the universe and headed for my hotel. The next morning I returned to resume my battle with the elements. Happily, I was able to spend a dry hour investigating and recording the three cairns hidden in the moorland. All’s well ...