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The island dun taken, from the east.

The north west tip of the fort.

The west side of Dun Mingulay taken from north of the natural arch.

Not much wrong with the northern defence.

Below the west part of the fort.

The promontory from the south west, defences look ok to me.

A bit of zoom, I’d climbed from east to west, then back, having to go back as quickly as I could because of the boat’s schedule.

The promontory fort is in the middle. Berneray Lighthouse, on another island to the south.

Looking north west, the people are heading towards the bird breeding grounds restricted and fenced because of avian flu.

The eastern edge, if you fall over the edge you’ll land on sand.

Cnoc Mhic A Phi and Tom A Keithan are the hills to the north.

Looking south west.

Looking south, the boats are near the bit you jump onto rocks to get onto Mingulay. Hecla Point cairn is half way up the slope to the south as well.

Looking east, mainland in the far far distance.

Centre cairn looking north, to the left you can see a bit of the ruined village on Mingulay.

Looking down on top of the central cairn, capstone missing sadly.

Straight west.

Looking south west.

Looking south east.

Looking east, The Minch.

From south of the cairn, Pabbay, Sandray then Vatersay.

Looking north towards Mingulay, the north curve of the cairn can be seen.

A wee bit of zoom reveals a wee bit more stonework.

Hirivagh Dun.

From the the south near Bruernish, the dun is to the left of the promontory.

Looking south east, sadly it isn’t a small dun close to the shore.

Looking north – south.

Looking down into the chamber

Looking west over the chamber.

Looking south towards Heiseabhal Beag.

Looking east along Cornaig Bay.

Looking up at the cairn from the south.

North section of the wall looking east, the road leads to the village on Vatersay.

North west section of the wall.

North looking south east.

North looking east.

North east looking north west.

More good stone work.

Some well built sections remain.

Wall rubble exposed on the south west.

Looking west along the south wall.

The eastmost bit.

North part of the site.

A high kerb, a small standing stone, who knows, there are a lot of interesting stones all over the place.

There is a decent kerb under the turf.

East side of the cairn.

Looking north west.