N side. Path to the top visible. Fence posts at the bottom give an idea of its size.. yes, it IS that big. And 4500+ yrs old.
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Kenmuir Graves seen from the ramparts of Dove Cave Head fort on the other side of Little Float Bay. Access is via an easy climb -I’ve seen pics of elderly ramblers doing it – from the bothy near the shore.
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Drumtroddan Standing Stones, 5pm, 13th October 2016
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Yes, tweaked rather, but, on some autumn evenings there w i l l be a blazing sunset behind those stones. Try to experience that here, as well as Torhouskie. To get the best photographs of this place lie down.
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2016: Dunman, the Hall of the Gables, still unattainable... a fence and a cliff requiring new route, plus cattle and health...but is there a finer positioned Iron Age fort in all Scotland? Just look at it. Totally, utterly magnificent.
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The W side...plenty of undisturbed courses under that turf, probably
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Another N view...note the smallness of the stones used in the entrance, surely a factor in collapse. Stairhaven car park in distance, complete with WC. (hello t/rusty Fiesta xxx)
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Looking N up coast to Stairhaven, and, in L distance, the sand dunes at the head of Luce Bay, which contain many Neolithic axe factories with, iirc, Langdale connections..the weather constantly reveals.
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Looking W – uppermost extant top step of intramural stairwell R lower
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Looking south.... Mull of Galloway on horizon R, with walling of intermural stairway in foreground
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The start of a clockwise circular walk round...entrance at R
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What greets you on completion of your ascent: the entrance on the NW side
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Closeup of approach route: easy scramble up round L side of large blackened boulder in centre, then up ex-broch debris to site
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The approach along the beach from Stairhaven..the stone chute from clifftop path to L ends in a mass of brambles etc. Sorry, beach at low tide IS only way. Step on the creamy brown boulders – barnacles give excellent grip. Incidentally the stone chute is whats left from a village clearance, heaved over the edge. Google the Master of Stair for other historical landowner activity....
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Note how the stone is significantly broader on the ‘field’ side of the wall
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2016... someone planted rambler roses either side of the stone, must look very pretty when in full bloom June/July, but need tending to avoid obscuring what they’re supposed to frame (Paul’s Scarlet Rambler, dontcha know..regards, TMA/HH gardening correspondent : ) )
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The cairn, such as remains of it, is in the brambles to the left of the rocky outcrop at L of beach. A good place to chill, especially at low tide. Fine view of Ailsa Craig.
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Well, after all these years s o m e o n e had to bother to photograph the poor thing, neglected in favour of the neighbouring glamourpusses... I hope the person whose resting place it is would approve and will sleep better.
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Seen from the northwest, atop the railway embankment.
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