Ballinluig

Nearest town:
Kingussie (14km SW)
OS reference:
NH86411015
OS sheets:
35, 36
Latitude:
57° 10' 5.62 N
Longitude:
3° 52' 43.19 W
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Image of Ballinluig (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Amazing how a different angle manages to hide the various surrounding junk.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 11, 2021
Image of Ballinluig (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

At some point this must have been an impressive setting.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 11, 2021
Image of Ballinluig (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The top of the cairn, surrounded in junk. Underfoot there is cairn material.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 11, 2021
Image of Ballinluig (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The north side of the cairn, situated in place for pheasants.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 11, 2021

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Ballinluig

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 12, 2021

Leaving Aviemore and heading west on the A9, just before it becomes a dual carriageway, there is a road to the right which leads to Ballinluig Farm. I searched for someone to ask permission to park, found nobody but left ticket on the dash saying what I was up to.

Head south from the farm, open the gate, keep going, cross the Coachan Ruadh, luckily for me at normal levels and to you’ll come to a fenced pheasant section. There is a gate on the south.

The grass covered cairn sits on top of the small hill and has a fair amount of water tanks, corrugated iron etc surrounding it. However, it seems to have maintained its shape being 8m wide and going by my tape measure nearly 1m high. There is rock content in the middle of the cairn.

If it hadn’t been for the surroundings this would be a very beautiful site.

Visited 23/10/2021.

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