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Moss Farm cist.

A slightly waterlogged Machrie XI.

The diminutive stones of Machrie XI.

Machrie I briefly illuminated. The low stones of Machrie XI can be seen far left.

Detail of Machrie I.

Machrie I with its alternating stones.

The iconic red sandstone slabs of Machrie II.

Machrie II.

Looking north across Machrie II.

Machrie II and Ard Bheinn.

Machrie III’s beautiful fluted upright.

Machrie III stump.

Cut-down stumps of Machrie III.

The impossibly iconic Machrie III with its single remaining red sandstone upright.

Looking north across Machrie IV.

Looking NE across Machrie IV four poster, towards the peaks of the Goatfell range.

Kerb on the edge of Machrie V.

Fingal’s Cauldron Seat – the hole where Fingal would tie up his dog Bran.

Fingal’s Cauldron Seat, the stone with the dog-tying hole in the foreground.

Machrie V, Fingal’s Cauldron Seat, looking east towards Ard Bheinn.

B and A, looking west towards The Torr.

Another side of Stone A.

Lovely Stone A.

B in the foreground.

Deer Park A and B, with Glenshant Hill behind.

Deer Park C, looking north-ish.

Deer Park C. The other two stones are over the hedge. The mountains are missing behind low cloud and drizzle.

Deer Park C, the easternmost of the three.

Excellent birds.

G/F thought this was a lynx-headed figure.

Ribbed and veined.

No bins today, but the hedge is threatening to swallow the stone.

The tip of the southern stone, Ailsa Craig in the distance.

It’s pretty inescapable that the stones line up on the highest point of Holy Island (Mullach Mor).

Looking towards Holy Island, with Goatfell over to the left.