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The eastern enclosure. All that remains is a low vegetated bank round its periphery.

This composite photograph shows the western enclosure and the 12 metre tall rock stack that separates it from the eastern enclosure.

The view from the western enclosure, looking northwest towards the flat topped Sron Vourlinn massif.

Dun Aird viewed from the cliffs to its north.
Beyond rises the sea stack, Stac Lachlainn, and behind it, across the blue waters of Kilmaluig Bay, are the mountains of Trotternish (Sgurr Mor on the right and the pointy Sron Vourlinn).

The gate that leads to Dun Aird.

Dun Aird imaged from just inside the gate in the clifftop fence.

The crag bearing Dun Aird seen from the clifftops.

The remains of the entrance passage up into Dun Aird.

The outer wall facing at Dun Aird.

This grassed over remnant of the walling course at Dun Aird is virtually all that now remains of its structure.

This is the view north from Dun Aird, over the northern part of Kilmaluig Bay.

This is the view to the south from Dun Aird.
The sea stack, Stac Lachlainn dominates the foreground, with the Trotternish mountains beyond, across Kilmaluig Bay.

View from the south, featuring the splendid Stac Lachlainn. Dun Aird stands on the summit of the rise beyond the sea stack, at the left of the photograph.

The crag girt outcrop on which stands the fort of Meall an Duna viewed from a northern approach.

Vegetated walling at the north of Meall an Duna stands about a metre high, with a number of facing stones visible.

Looking east along the northern walling towards Loch Greshornish.

An easy rising ledge runs round the eastern side of the crag to its summit, perhaps a former entrance passage to the Fort.

Looking west towards an unnamed lochan, round the northern crags protecting the fort.

Loch Leum Na Luirginn dun now exists as little more that a well-robbed grassy platform in the heather.

The Dun lies amidst stunning scenery. This is the view over the dun to its the south, featuring its eponymous loch and the pyramidal Trotternish hill Cleat in the background.

The circular foundation course of the Dun is plain to see in this view from the east.

Evidence of three internal foundation walling courses peek out from the overgrowth.

The dun, viewed from the west.

This is all that remains to be seen of the Trumpan Cairn. This view is looking upwards towards the junction of the two dykes.

First sight of Dun Connavern after a northern approach from the Ben Edra Hotel.

A stitched panorama of the dun’s north western profile.

The steep western prow of Dun Connavern.

Looking southwest past Dun Connavern’s southern flank towards the Trotternish mountains, with Sgurr a’Mhadaidh Ruadh (the pointy hill) prominent.

Looking over tumbled walling blocks on the dun’s northern flank towards the Cuiraing.

A section of the northern flank of Dun Connavern, including the only remaining discrete walling courses.

Looking south past the flank of Dun Connavern towards The Storr.

A close-up shot of the only remaining part of the defences, consisting of just two courses.

This is the only remaining stretch of discrete walling courses at Dun Connavern.

This is a view along the interior of Dun Connavern, looking almost due north towards the Cuiraing.

I couldn’t resist uploading this lovely, sunny image of the Cairngrassie stone. Happily, the bogs have dried out giving a pleasant walk across the field.

Crab’s Cairn on Tullos Hill, viewed from the east. The structure of the cairn is now in full view, the surrounding gorse thickets now having been eradicated.

Crab’s Cairn, viewed from the west, with the encompassing bracken removed.

This is Nine Stanes new look, with all the trees to its south now gone, harvested by the Forestry Commission.

The spectacular view to the SE from the Monykebbock Stone.

The Monykebbock Stone towers over its surrounding heap of field clearance stones.

The central chamber at Clune Wood Ring Cairn.

The central chamber of Clune Wood ring cairn, viewed from the east.

The central chanber of Clune Wood ring cairn.

This photograph taken during hard frost looks across the ring cairn towards the recumbent setting of the stone circle to its southwest.

This photograph includes the full extent of the ring cairn, most of it hidden beneath undergrowth.

Clune Wood ring cairn photographed during July 2015.

Looking across An Reidhean stone circle from the south.

An Reidhean stone circle, little more than a grassy oval, viewed from the east.