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Image of Druim nam Madagan (Torradale) (Chambered Tomb) by drewbhoy

Looking north to Borraichill Mor, home to a fort and dun.

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Image of Druim nam Madagan (Torradale) (Chambered Tomb) by drewbhoy

Looking north west, over the old building, probably built on top of and using stones from the cairn.

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Image of Druim nam Madagan (Torradale) (Chambered Tomb) by drewbhoy

A ‘sacred place’ looking to another ‘sacred place’. Laphroaig Distillery in the background.

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Image of Druim nam Madagan (Torradale) (Chambered Tomb) by drewbhoy

This looking south west, the other stone presumably at some point part of the cairn.

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Image of Druim nam Madagan (Torradale) (Chambered Tomb) by drewbhoy

The stone stands at a jaunty angle, posing near the new gate, the great unwashed.

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Image of Druim nam Madagan (Torradale) (Chambered Tomb) by Merrick

View past the stone, down to a Laphroaig warehouse on the shore

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Druim nam Madagan (Torradale)

From Branhunisary make your back to the road and head east. Go past the water works and take the first road south, by this time the aromas of the three distilleries on the coast should reach your nose. The site, easily spotted by the standing stone, is on the east side of the road.

Only two slabs of the chamber remain, the standing stone and a possible kerb are in their original positions. The remnants of the almost 27m cairn have been reduced to a few bumps of rubble.

Still the other parts of the chamber aren’t far away and its easy to see why the site had, originally, a different classification.

The slabs, of the chamber, have been moved to a building a few yards away. Canmore seem confused to what this building had been but having seen a few similar shapes on various isles its a safe bet it was medieval shelter for livestock.

Nice site, nice aroma :-)

Visited 29/7/2018.

Druim nam Madagan (Torradale)

This stands (or rather, leans) adjacent to a natural rectangular area of rocks that suggests a very ruined chambered cairn, all stones on end and right angles.

The stone is 6 feet tall, 3 feet wide, less than a foot deep, on an ESE/WSW axis. It leans at about 30 degrees and is propped up by a mound.

There’s a clear line of sight uphill to the Kilbride stone.

Visited 14 June 05

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