GLADMAN

The sheer scale of this broch is quite overwhelming... as was the weather, to be fair. This is the entrance, obviously.

This is massive.

Heavily overgrown, the sheer scale – and preservation – of this wondrous monument is only apparent from on top.

When one is searching for a long cairn.... this takes some finding.

Note the colour differentiation of the kerb stones

Exquisite.

The white kerb stones (at least) can be seen shining in this aerial view, approx centre of image

Into the sun. Couldn’t really complain this trip since it didn’t happen a lot!

Ironically I’d slept below some years back with no idea this lovely little cairn was up here. Top marks to thelonious for the awareness.

The excellent, little kerbed cairn can be seen lower centre left of image. Note the full-on gorse which made the very steep ascent from the road very difficult indeed.

The cairn to north... if, indeed, it is a cairn.

The cairn from the ‘pile of stones’ to approx north.

Looking north toward ‘another cairn’. It seems Canmore suggests this is clearance. Maybe, although it didn’t seem so to me.

The sort of site one can spend all day at......

Agree with thelonious... surely this was a chambered cairn?

As with the Capenoch Loch long cairn earlier in the week, there was the perfect vibe here at this excellent site.

Another, smaller cairn in same field... must admit it looks too regular for clearance.

Following a wild camp beside the loch noticed this prominent cairn immediately roadside upon moving on...

The surviving circle stone... pretty good, to be fair.

Perhaps it was the influence of the rain; or the manner in which the existence of the monument is clearly SO resented by the landowner... whatever the reason, I felt a touch of melancholia here. But worth a visit nonetheless before la pièce de résistance at Mains of Daviot.

Dull, overcast, rainy afternoon... but there was ‘something’ about this site that impressed. Greatly.

The surviving kerb......