Kinbrace

Also known as:
Ach'na H-uai'
Nearest town:
Dornoch (43km S)
OS reference:
NC827322
OS sheet:
17
Latitude:
58° 15' 46.97 N
Longitude:
3° 59' 58.27 W
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Image of Kinbrace (Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue) by thelonious

29/06/2022 – Kinbrace Multiple Stone Rows. Looking over the small cairn to the fan shaped stone rows.

thelonious
thelonious Jul 5, 2022

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thelonious
thelonious Jul 5, 2022

29/06/2022 – Cnoc Ach’na h-Uai’ is just a little hill with not much gain but it’s got a hillside packed with prehistory goodies.

Good parking at NC 82244 32015 (old quarry) on the B871. It’s a single track road to get here but fine to drive as lots of passing places. After having our sandwiches in the car whilst waiting for the rain to pass, we headed up the hill in sunshine. We visited the trigpoint at the top first. Worth it for the view and lots of Great Sundews about which I don’t think I’ve seen before. Next we walked back down to try and find the stone rows. Proved easy enough. Huts circles and a cairn nearby. Also the stone rows are next to the old road. Got me thinking about just how old the road could be.

The stone rows are good. Plenty of stones still here. Fan-shaped multiple stone rows, maybe 80 stones in 10-11 rows. There’s a small cairn in the NNW corner. Really lovely location for this one. Great open views. Looking from the cairn through the middle terminal stone, my gaze seemed to lead straight to Ben Uarie (this hill seems to keep putting in an appearance). We spent quite a bit of time here just walking about and looking, it’s an area that gets you wondering. I really like stone rows and this site is great.

After looking at the nearby cairn we were going to head back to the car but I could see Cairn Richard on the horizon and I’d seen Gladman’s photos on TMA so knew it was a good one, too good not to visit so off we went.

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