Looking south, the loch is also called Altabrug.
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The front door.
From the dun to the shore.
On top of the wall as it swings east / south.
The highest part of the remains.
North side wall.
South side.
The causeway.
A nice clean site, not close to house.
The dun / crannog / causeway viewed from the north west.
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We returned to West Loch Ollay from the standing stone at Crois Chnoca Breaca and took the car to Dun Altabrug.
Take the road that swings north, the road we came, and at the junction head west. Keep going, past a minor road, and as the road swings north east take the first minor road south, stopping at the road’s end. We were given permission to park by the occupant at Peninerine.
Head south east up and over a wee hill and the dun will be clearly seen along with the causeway, the causeway being just over 30m in length.
Decent walls still exist on the ‘high crannog’ / dun with the entrance on the east. Most of the site is overgrown. The circular wall is over 1.2m, the island is slightly oval and measures 9.5m by 8m.
Once again it was explained that water levels are low here also, as they are over North and South Uist and Benbecula. The photos proved that when compared with photos taken from 5 years ago, vegetation had grown, the causeway is much more visible and the land from the farmhouse a lot les boggy.
Superb site.
Visited 10/08/2023.
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Crois Chnoca Breaca
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West Loch Ollay
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Beinn A’Charra
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Upper Loch Bornish
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Loch Bornish
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Dun Vulan
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Loch Kildonan
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Cill Donnain
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Kildonan
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Loch Cnoc A’ Buidhe
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Reineval
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Askernish, Loch An Eilein
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Tigh Cloiche (South Uist)
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Ardnamonie
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Dun Buidhe
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Loch An Daill
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Cladh Hallan Round Houses
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Loch An Daill
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Dun Ruadh
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Sig More
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Loch Nam Faoileann
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Kilpheder Wheelhouse
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Eilean Chreamh
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Dun Fhearchair
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Dun An Duichal
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Gunisary Bay
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South Baghasdal
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Loch An Eilean
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Dun Trossary
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Stiaraval
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The Witches Grave
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Airidh na h-Aon Oidche
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Layaval
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Pollachar
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