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Beinn na Caillich (left) and Skye bridge, from Kyle of Lochalsh.

Showing the proximity of nearby houses.

Small broken slab on top of the mound.

The overgrown top of the mound, showing some of the exposed cairn material.

Seen from the south.

Seen across the seemingly monster-free Loch Cill Chriosd.

The rubble ring in the churchyard.

The ruined church on its long mound.

Circular ring of rubble in the churchyard at Cill Chriosd.

Approaching the churchyard from the NE. The low mound continues outside the church wall.

Beinn Dearg Bheag, Beinn Dearg Mhor and Beinn na Caillich form the awesome backdrop to the site.

Showing how the orthostats do not align, but may have supported a chamber.

Viewed from the south, the remaining orthostats appear, as Kammer mentions, to form a “spine” but in fact they are not aligned at all.

Showing the cairn-material on top of the mound, looking towards Cill Chriosd.

Looking SW down Strath Suardal.

Close-up of the cut-down orthostat on the top of the mound.

Beinn na Cailleach (right) seen from the B8083.

Looking east-ish.

Deep and crisp and even. Looking SW.

With the largest (southwestern) stone of the circle in the foreground.

Scant remains of the northeastern arc.

The SW arc, with the tallest stone hidden by bushes on the left.

Looking eastwards across the site. Note large fallen kerb-stone in the foreground.

The tallest stone of the kerb (c. 1m high), hidden by shrubbery.

The southern arc, where the stones remain almost contiguous.

Two displaced (kerb?) stones where the NE arc would have been.

General view from the east.

The taller stones on the SW arc.

Looking south. The previous day’s snowfall had plastered the northern faces of the stones.

Looking approx. west, showing the grading of the stones with the tallest at the SW.

Sleet-splodged shot, looking north.

Looking across the small space enclosed by the circle.

Looking approx eastwards across low-lying Inverness-shire farmland.

From the NW.

Tree-covered Craig Phadrig, centre skyline, seen from the SSE.

Late winter afternoon. The circle in its wonderful landscape, looking to Fan Foel and Picws Du. Who needs big stones when you’ve got a backdrop like that?

The largest stone, looking towards Y Mynydd Du’s summits.

The two tallest stones (front and right). Looking towards Fan Foel.

The shadows are far taller than the stones of this diminuitive ring.

Looking ESE across the circle.

In its landscape. Picws Du (right of centre), flanked to the left by Fan Foel. Seen from the Bannau Sir Gaer circle.

Not too sure about the stone setting, but we did find this rather groovy spiral that someone had laid nearby. Not made out of any cairns, don’t fret.

The impressive backdrop to the site: the cairn-topped Twr yr Fan Foel (left) and Fan Foel (right).

If it does exist, it’s here (or hereabouts). The track shown on the OS as bisecting the site runs from bottom left. Various very small stones protrude through the turf (see right of picture), but it was very cold and we didn’t linger, to be honest. My friends were unimpressed, too!

Seen from Fan Brycheiniog.