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North looking south, possibly a double circle of kerbs.

The west side of the site, the slab – possible cist cover?

The second cairn has a remaining standing stone, one possibly fallen. Circle, burial cairn or kerb cairn – perhaps all of them.

The houk damage is reasonably rectangular, perhaps the cist walls have been used to make lintels.

Looking south.

Houk damage.

A slab on the southside, maybe the top of a cist.

The cairn would look straight over to An Dun at Gairloch Loch if the bushes didn’t obscure the view. Some kerbs as well.

West looking east.

Looking west, Little Loch Broom in the distance.

The stone seems to be on top of a small mound.

Taken from the road.

Looking north east, if you climbed, walked and then had a swim over Loch Broom, you’d be in Ullapool.

Looking east towards Bienn nam Ban.

Looking south towards Sail Mhor.

A bit of zoom, photo lightened, it would be almost pitch dark by the time I got back to Poolewe.

From the north, a rare flat bit on the path.

From the north east, difficult place to get to on the north side.

Underneath the west side.

The west side looking North West.

Inside the dun looking south, the entrance.

Natural and man-made stone work between the two sections.

The east side lokkong south east.

Most of the east side.

The wee ravine dividing the sections of the dun.

Part man-made, part natural defences.

Natural defence on the east.

Looking towards the entrance.

South looking north, Strath the most northerly of the three villages that make up Gairloch in the background.

The east wall, musy have been huge. Large amounts of stone scatter the east hillside.

The north wall heading east.

Most of the fort taken from on top of the North East wall.

The probable entrance on the south wall.

Creag An Fhamhair viewed from the south.

The remains of the fort’s wall on the south east.

The A832 and River Kerry (a sharp corner) head north, the B8056 heads towards Baldachro and Redpoint. The river takes a sharp bend southwards towards its source at Loch Bad an Sgalaig. Good place for a fort.

Plan of the fort.

Wall on the west side.

The A832 heads south, the River Kerry heads towards Gairloch.

Inside the fort looking west.

On the west side looking north.

From the west side, excellent defences.

Don’t hang about on the A832 for very long, beware of camper vans trying to do the NC500 in one day.

From the north shore of the loch.

Taken from the east end of the loch.

A wee bit of zoom from the west end.

A dreich day near Poolewe, this taken from the west side of the loch.

The fort is the last high part on the ridge. I tried to get up here, that green part is a hidden trap – very damp.