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I have to agree with the consensus that this "artificial mound" is enirely natural, although it does undoubtedly have many interesting tales associated with it.
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An excellent, and well preserved, broch.
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Easily the best preserved broch on the northern Scottish mainland. Just inside the southern limit of Caithness. Not signposted from the A9. Time visits well to avoid it being totally overgrown.
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Whereas the site has always been within a fenced area, overgrown and neglected and with a landowner who didn't want people to enter the site I am happy to report that it is now a delight to visit.
The grass has been cut back, and the fences have been repositioned. There is now no fence between the site and the layby/parking place. If you want to visit the immediately adjacent chambered tomb, though, be prepared to climb a (nice, new, shiny) fence and risk the wrath of the land owner.
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The nearest notable stone to this NGR that I'm aware of is Clach Eanruig at NN 1043 5866, which is not a standing stone itself.
There are no standing stones in Glencoe, according to the NMRS. It's a cool, and slightly suspicious, looking stone, but I strongly suspect it's otherwise unremarkable.
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Very nice walk Forestry Commission walk, accessed by talking the Drumsmittal turning off the A9 (just north of Kessock bridge) or from the picnic area on the southbound carriageway.
One of the four hillforts with direct line of sight to Craig Phadraig hillfort, above Inverness. Heavy tree coverage means that only Knockfarrel to the west is easily visible.
There are extensive remains of the walls of the south west side of this vitrified fort, of which I've posted photographs.
The superb views in all directions that you might expect from this site are rendered almost totally nonexistant by dense forestry.
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The photographs don't do this justice - it's one of the best preserved hut circles I've ever seen. It even still contains traces of an internal dividing wall.
It's an off-path walk across heather and boggy ground.
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One of the many cairns in this part of Caithness. An off-path walk, through heather and boggy ground.
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