Loch Ceo Glais

Nearest town:
Inverness (18km NNE)
OS reference:
NH5819428596
OS sheets:
26, 35
Latitude:
57° 19' 33.13 N
Longitude:
4° 21' 19.67 W
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Image of Loch Ceo Glais (Kerbed Cairn) by GLADMAN

Note the colour differentiation of the kerb stones

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Loch Ceo Glais (Kerbed Cairn) by GLADMAN

The white kerb stones (at least) can be seen shining in this aerial view, approx centre of image

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Loch Ceo Glais (Kerbed Cairn) by GLADMAN

Into the sun. Couldn’t really complain this trip since it didn’t happen a lot!

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Loch Ceo Glais (Kerbed Cairn) by GLADMAN

Ironically I’d slept below some years back with no idea this lovely little cairn was up here. Top marks to thelonious for the awareness.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Loch Ceo Glais (Kerbed Cairn) by GLADMAN

The excellent, little kerbed cairn can be seen lower centre left of image. Note the full-on gorse which made the very steep ascent from the road very difficult indeed.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Loch Ceo Glais

thelonious
thelonious Apr 18, 2016

17/04/2016 – Easy parking in the layby just after the end of Loch Geo Glais. The cairn is a steepish but short walk straight up. OS map 1:25000 has the cairn higher up the hill but it’s right next to the pylon directly above the layby.

The heather has been burnt in the area so the stones are nice and visible at the moment. It’s a small cairn but the kerb is good. I like that it was two-toned. One half of the kerbs are white stones, the other red. I didn’t think I’d seen this before until I revisited Balnuaran of Clava the day after and saw that the stones round the NE passage grave were two-toned as well. The location of this kerb cairn is good with great views for such a small gain in height.

We carried on up the hill as there is a cairn marked in italics on the OS map on the 442m top. It’s not on Canmore but I thought we’d have a look on the way to Beinn a’Bhathaich. It was small, pretty ruined and didn’t look that ancient so I’ve not added the site.

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