Inside wall furthest west.
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North section of inner wall, still well built.
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East section, from outside the site.
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Looking west, a beautiful calm day.
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The northern section.
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Looking back up the steps.
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Very good stairs within the walls.
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Looking towards the southern section of the broch.
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Looking towards the east part of Loch Chairn Bhain.
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The second crossing, a more natural causeway.
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The causeway that leads to the broch.
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Clouds cover the sun, complete atmosphere change.
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Intra-mural chamber, perhaps?
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Highlighting surviving internal dry stone courses.... and some nice ferns.
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Image credit: Robert Gladstone
Image credit: Robert Gladstone
The academics argue whether this is a galleried dun or broch... muppets.
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Image credit: Robert Gladstone
Image credit: Robert Gladstone
The broch is exquisitely sited, looking from the north-east with Quinag rising beyond.
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Articles
In my opinion this is a particularly well – nay, evocatively – sited monument boasting some quite exquisite views across the loch to the peaks of Quinag.
Canmore reckons what we have here represents the remains of a “Probable solid-based broch”.. [as opposed to galleried dun as previously thought]... “situated near the end of a rocky promontory or islet in the large sea loch Loch a’ Chairn Bhain; the site is connected to the shore by a causeway made of boulders about 21m (70ft) long, 3m (10ft) wide and 60cm (2ft) high. The islet is now only cut off at high tide” (E W MacKie 2007).
Well worth stopping off upon the drive up/down the north-western coast in conjunction with the nearby Kylestrome cairn at NC21883426.
Sites within 20km of Loch a’ Chairn Bhain, Kylestrome
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Kylestrome
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Loch Ardbhair
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Rubha Gisgil
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Allt Sgiathaig
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Achmore Farm 2
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Achmore Farm
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Cnoc An Daimh
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Eadar A’ Chalda
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Ardvreck
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Rubha Creag Iomhair
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Badnabay
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Carrachan Dubh, Inchnadamph
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Creag Sron Chrubaidh
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Clashnessie
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Suilven
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Culkein
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Creag Nan Uamh
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Loch Na Claise
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Loch Awe
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Clachtoll
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A’ Chlach Thuill
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Cnoc Bad Na Cleithe
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Loynemore
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