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North side on top of the dun, lots of scattered stone.
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The most likely entrance to the dun, more bits of stonework.
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Near the dun’s entrance, one or two bits of decent wall remain.
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Actual grid ref is NR6337945650, this from the east.
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from the Antiquities Of Gigha
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From The Antiquities of Gigha
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Amongst the oldest relics of man in Gigha is Carn Ban (the White Cairn) of the Late Bronze Age. It is of circular type, with no passage, and the cists are closed, with no divisions. The site is on a bench or shelf 30 feet above sea level, a few yards back from the beach, in a sea of heather and bracken, half a mile south south of Port Righ (King’s Port). In 1792, the cairn was denuded of almost all its stone by dykebuilders, who were unaware of its purpose until they laid bare the internal chambers.. They told how when they opened these they were greeted by an intolerable stench, which obliged them to drink spirits and keep on the windward side; and when they omitted these precautions they had violent headaches.
The Magic of Gigha – Freddie Gillies
Looking down the north west wall, Mill Loch sneaking into the photo.
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NR6559652426, looking towards Gigha’s point Creag Bhan.
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The north side, looking towards the mainland, of NR65596 52426.
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The larger of the 2 cairns, NR65596 52426, west side looking north east.
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‘The Road Goes Ever On’ – the road goes south, I head north.
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Looking west, to the north west – the Paps of Jura.
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I often wonder if this stone is trying to say something.
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A view like this makes it all worthwhile.
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From beneath the top, could get no further – fell into a swampy bit and my legs found the remnants of a barbed wire fence.
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My attempt from the east, faced head high brambles, ferns, gorse and various other jabby stuff.
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From the south, some natural defence, aside for gorse and brambles, can be seen.
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Marching down the road, north west, to the next equally untouchable dun, this on the north west.
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The stone is supposed to be in amongst the trees behind, I did look and ended up in a bog. Now the stone appears to be next to a track near houses on the south side of Ardminish.
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To left in the scraped brown bit, another 3 cups.
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Some cup marls are visible near the blurry bit. The brown section has 4 cup marks.
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The missing stone, re-found, has 15 shallow cup marks.
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