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01/08/2016 – Tulach Buaile Assery chamberd cairn

01/08/2016 – Tulach Buaile Assery chamberd cairn

01/08/2016 – Looking along Tulach Buaile Assery chamberd cairn. Over 200ft long, it’s some size.

01/08/2016 – Passage hole just visable into Tulach Buaile Assery chamberd cairn

01/08/2016 – Passage into Tulach Buaile Assery chamberd cairn.

01/08/2016 – View down to Tulach Buaile Assery chamberd cairn.

01/08/2016 – Torr Ban Na Gruagaich chambered cairn

01/08/2016 – Torr Ban Na Gruagaich chambered cairn

01/08/2016 – Torr Ban Na Gruagaich chambered cairn

01/08/2016 – Torr Ban Na Gruagaich chambered cairn

01/08/2016 – OK I know this isn’t going to win cist photo of the year but trust me it’s there and it’s quite nice in a fine location on a little hilllock.

01/08/2016 – Carriside chambered cairn viewed from the east.

01/08/2016 – The Chamber just showing through the grass.

01/08/2016 -View over cairn to Loch Calder.

01/08/2016 – Approaching the cairn from the west.

01/08/2016 – Two cairns in a clearing in the forest.

01/08/2016 – Footprint in a rock. Looked natural to me. I want to see toes before I believe :-)

30/07/2016 – Stone circle at Forse, Latheron

30/07/2016 – Stone circle at Forse, Latheron

30/07/2016 – Stone circle at Forse, Latheron.

30/07/2016 – Stone circle at Forse, Latheron

30/07/2016 – View down to the circle, left of the loch.

02/07/2016 – Nice view of the surrounding hills from here.

02/07/2016 – Cup marked stone trying to hide a little but luckily for us we found it.

02/07/2016 – Cup marked stone at Ghaodeil, south of Arisaig

30/06/2016 – Kildonnan fort

30/06/2016 – Kildonnan fort

30/06/2016 – Kildonnan fort

30/06/2016 – Kildonnan cairn

30/06/2016 – Kildonnan cairn, possible chambered.

30/06/2016 – Small Viking burial with the larger possible chambered cairn behind.

30/06/2016 – View across the harbour to the Dun. Nothing much to see there now as it’s made way for the cafe and shop.

30/06/2016 – View from the Dun ;-)

28/06/2016 – Corragan Mor

28/06/2016 – Corragan Mor

28/06/2016 – A standing stone. Not on Canmore. Maybe not that old?

29/07/2016 – Loch Nighean Dhughaill – This loch is next to Loch Nam Ban Mora and again has folklore attached to its name –
TMA eds, if this photo is not appropriate here please move or delete, I won’t sulk too much :-)

A sad tale lies behind the name of this loch. It translates to the Loch of Dugald’s daughter. The local girl fell victim to a dreaded Each Uisge (a water-horse) that had taken human form to woo her. Too late she noticed the water plants in his hair and realised his true identity. He snatched her back and dragged her into the loch, never to be seen again.

29/07/2016 – Loch Nam Ban Mora

29/07/2016 – Loch Nam Ban Mora

29/07/2016 – Loch Nam Ban Mora and its little dun with the wonderful An Sgurr in the background.

28/06/2016 – Photo showing the pretty flat floor of the underground chamber.

28/06/2016 – Limpet shells just inside the entrance to the underground chamber.

28/06/2016 – Looking back to the light.

28/06/2016 – Looking into the void. Mrs T is in the distance about as far as you can go. It did look to extend beyond this though.

28/06/2016 – The entrance to the underground chamber.

28/06/2016 – The ‘ritual’ enclosure is hiding in the middle of a massive boulder field. The high cliffs of Beinn Bhuidhe can be seen behind.

28/06/2016 – View out to sea from Struidh

29/06/2016 – The fantastic pitchstone ridge of An Sgurr. Not a bad place for a fort.

29/06/2016 – The impressive south side of An Sgurr. The photo shows the whole length that the fort wall encloses.

27/06/2016 – Summit area of An Sgurr (I didn’t go too near the edge!)