Dun Garbhlaich

Nearest town:
Dingwall (14km NE)
OS reference:
NH46614657
OS sheet:
26
Latitude:
57° 29' 0.67 N
Longitude:
4° 33' 32.06 W
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Image of Dun Garbhlaich by drewbhoy

Sorry for the poor quality, this is the narrow entrance to the fort. By this time the snow has really came on, therefore we headed down before it became nasty.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 7, 2019
Image of Dun Garbhlaich by drewbhoy

Looking along the south wall from the top of the fort, the little white lines are the start of heavy snow.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 7, 2019
Image of Dun Garbhlaich by drewbhoy

Heavy snow showers to the north west would catch us up. This from the bottom of Dun Garbhlaich looking west.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 7, 2019

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Dun Garbhlaich

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Feb 27, 2020

As the crow the flies it is 1.5km from Breakachy Cairn to the stunning fort at Dun Garbhlaich, there is a certain amount of ‘aye right’ at the distance.

The trek from the cairn includes the climbing of several small hills, picking the way through bogs, jumping a fair amount of streams, avoiding falling into peat cutting holes and, today, an ever increasing wind. However the sun remained out till we reached the final climb.

The first view of the fort shows the well preserved walls of the south west, follow the ridge up which leads the southern entrance. As soon as we entered the fort the heavy snow from the west arrived. To the north and south east the wall has tumbled over the edge. However the entrance does remain in place with upright slabs still in place. The forts interior wall to the east is also in a ruinous state. After a good look round in conditions that were atrocious we headed back to the valley below.

After crossing the first marsh the weather relented but not on the fort, it was shrouded in snow. On the hill to the west a row of about 30 deer watched us as we picked our way through the bogs. Eventually we made it back to the track near the Breakachy Cairn, drenched but intact.

We retraced our steps back to Leanassie and the car. Behind was white with snow in the higher places, we’d probably got down just before a complete whiteout.

Another great day in the hills around Beauly, safe bet a few more coming up.

Visited 2/11/2019.

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