Ardnamonie

Also known as:
Clachan
Nearest town:
Uig (64km ENE)
OS reference:
NF77234624
OS sheet:
22
Latitude:
57° 23' 30.29 N
Longitude:
7° 22' 25.18 W
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Image of Ardnamonie (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Its even worse to try to get the cairn via the houses.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 28, 2023
Image of Ardnamonie (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

It might seem like dry land over the fence, it isn’t, the cairn and the nearby broch appear to be in a swamp.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 27, 2023

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Ardnamonie

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 5, 2024

From Loch an Daill we headed south on the A865 and took the first road heading west.

Similar to Loch an Daill Mary provided a parking space, or rather her shrine did, at the end of the road, or just before it headed south. From the shine I jumped the gate and headed south east, the site is easily spotted.

It has been a trip in which water levels have featured quite a bit, and this is a massive example of dropping water levels. What used to be loch has vanished and changed into a large marsh, perhaps you can get in from the south but looking at aerial photos on Canmore I’d suggest not trying.

However, I got as close as I could, before deciding it was unsafe.

What remains is a bit of a shambles, it appears to have been used for several functions, the outlines of buildings can be seen. It probably has been a cairn or a dun or a broch. Stones could easily have been recycled but as Canmore suggests a proper excavation is needed.

A bit of a what-if.

Visited 11/08/2023.

Ardnamonie

C
CARL Jun 28, 2012

Visited 28.5.12

Directions:
In the hamlet of Iochdar – next to Dun Buidhe Broch.

There is not much to see here – just a rough grass covered mound.

Canmore states:
‘A rough mound of stones, 70ft in diameter and 10ft high – about 150 yards WSW of Dun Buidhe. Without excavation it is impossible to say whether it is a Dun or Cairn’.

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