North Druimachro

Nearest town:
Campbeltown (28km SE)
OS reference:
NR64784780
OS sheet:
62
Latitude:
55° 39' 59.82 N
Longitude:
5° 44' 26.53 W
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Image of North Druimachro (Stone Fort / Dun) by drewbhoy

After smashing through to the top of the dun I looked north, Ardminish in the distance.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 1, 2025

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North Druimachro

drewbhoy
drewbhoy May 1, 2026

After coming back down the track, east, from St Cathans / Kilchattan look into the field in front. The very large mound is a dun.

Simply jump the gate, ignore the cows and make for the bottom of the mound. I smashed, tramped and dived my way through the brambles on the south east to the centre of the site. Luckily for me, I only took this route as the vegetation seemed lower – it was lower as I’d chanced upon the entrance. Any other way up, to me, seemed impossible.

However, some of the stonework can still be seen on the north and north east especially. These walls keep going around the site which is 13.5m by 9m.

A worthwhile site to visit.

Visited 03/08/2025.

North Druimachro

spencer
spencer May 27, 2025

Not hard to spot, this… on the other side of the road from near the entrance drive to the delightful Achamore Gardens, a ‘must see’ if you visit the island. That description can hardly be applied to the dun though. According to Canmore very little remains… a low stretch of what was the north wall and a little bit on the west side. I didn’t wander over and my life doesn’t feel the poorer. Interesting stones at a mound north of it though… perhaps I’ll look next time, touch wood. Yes, this is an island to return to. The sides of the knoll on which the dun sits are thought by the most recent surveyor to have been shaped… I thought so too.

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