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Taken from the road heading east from Ardfern.

The centre of the site.

The west part of the cairn.

South west arc, directly opposite to the east of the tall hill is Ormaig and its rock art.

South side of the cairn.

Looking west towards Ardfern.

North east part of the badly robbed island cairn.

Good job I brought the wellie boots.

If you reach the south east, you’ve found the way to the top of the cairn.

The east side of the cairn, in parts steep, in other parts very steep.

The north side of the chair.

As can be seen getting up the hill wasn’t easy, I’ve no idea the amount of fallen trees I crawled under or climbed over to get to the top.

The south section.

South west part of the cairn.

Handy for a wee snooze or a place to apply some plasters.

At least we know there used to be a chamber – we now can sit on it.

The most obvious thing to do is to turn the site into a huge chair.

The cairn is battered, half the trees are down, legs and head took a bit of a beating.

The natural defences on the east – very handy.

The north east wall wall swings round to be met by natural defences.

Beneath the east wall looking north.

Remnants of the east wall.

Under turf, the north wall is still there.

South east section of the fort.

Looking east, looks like the builders have made use of the natural defences.

Top of the west wall on the south side.

Decent defence on the south side.

The forts south side, the trees are on the hill leading to Barr A Chuirn, the climb up best described as a nightmare.

The fort’s north side, if you think its boggy and pouring with rain you’d be right.

The fort in the centre, taken from near the rock art.

Certainly equal of most places in the Kilmartin area, apart from Ormaig.

Surrounding the site a nice fence, the grass inside perfectly cut.

Nice to have some rain to highlight the rock art.

Taken from the road, the cist in the cenre, the start of a big walk/drenching.

The capstone from the north west.

Taken from the north west.

Looking north west.

The full frontal.

On top pf the cist.

From inside the cave looking south over Loch Crinan.

The back of the small cave.

Looking north west(ish) along the small cliff face.

Underneath the foliage there is a much damaged dry stane dyke.

The small cave / shelter seen from the road.

The north west part of the cairn shows how massive this cairn must have been.

North looking south, underneath the grass some kerbs remain in place.

The centre of the cairn, badly houked, turf and moss doing their best to hide the damage.

The west end of a once substantial site.

Looking north.