Cnoc na h’Atha

Nearest town:
Campbeltown (28km SE)
OS reference:
NR64124795
OS sheet:
62
Latitude:
55° 40' 3.51 N
Longitude:
5° 45' 4.69 W
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Image of Cnoc na h’Atha (Cairn(s)) by spencer

Seen in the tree line clearing from the farm track that leads to the beaches at Cuddyport.

Image credit: Mike Purslow
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spencer May 28, 2025
Image of Cnoc na h’Atha (Cairn(s)) by spencer

Another view of the site’s drop off, looking N, defined by the old fence posts. Beyond, in the mid distance, the island’s highest point, and, on the horizon, the Paps of Jura.

Image credit: Mike Purslow
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spencer May 28, 2025
Image of Cnoc na h’Atha (Cairn(s)) by spencer

The drop off on the northern side of this very probable cairn defined by a change in bracken height. What sights beyond…

Image credit: Mike Purslow
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spencer May 28, 2025

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Cnoc na h’Atha

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spencer May 28, 2025

This site is unrecorded… it is the Achamore Gardens Viewpoint, the gardens highest point, looking out from a conifer shelter belt to the western side of the island, several other sites in view. I noticed a 60’+ wide domed boulder spread which is enmeshed by tree roots and worn down by visitors. There is a distinct, shaped ‘drop off’ on the northern side. I met the island’s Ranger at the gardens – oh, what a sleeping giant of a place is waking here, they’ll be stunning when fully restored after years of neglect – and when I mentioned what I’d found and my conclusion as to what it was she said I was by no means the first to think so. On that basis I’m adding it here as a site. See accompanying photos.

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