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Image of Kensalyre Cairn (Cairn) by drewbhoy

Looking north onto the A87, as well as a good houk, the cairn has been damaged by the road, robbed and had a fence plonked on top of it.

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Image of Kensalyre Cairn (Cairn) by drewbhoy

East side of the much damaged cairn. Dun Cruinn in the background.

Image credit: drew/A/B

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Kensalyre Cairn

There is a layby just before the the B8036 junction which serves as the perfect place to stop and visit four sites.

The first site is simple, follow the fence north on the east side of the road and you’ll walk straight to the cairn. This site was once 20m wide and 2m high. It still has the height but it has been badly damaged. Much has happened, road improvements to the A87 have led to west side being removed, sometime in it’s past has been houked and most recently a fence has been plonked on top.

Despite all of this it has great views of multiple sites plus kerbs remain on the east side.

Visited 19/7/2019.

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