Category: Argyll
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Oratory at St Columba’s Church, Kilneuair
A fairly spontaneous decision to explore the ‘Muir of Leckan‘, the hills between Loch Awe and Loch Fyne. Hidden in a bluebell-carpeted copse of trees is the old Church of St Columba at Kilneuair. Separate to the church is a square oratory, a private chapel, probably 18th century, although it is described as a ‘folly’. The…
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Kilmartin Glen
Overblown with pre-historic monuments — stone circles, cists, cairns, standing stones. So many to chose from, Chille Mhartainn has them in abundance. This is Nether Largie Standing Stones, five tall standing stones arranged in an X-shape, with an outlier 100 metres to the north and the stump of another one 300 metres to the west.…
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Allt na h-Eilde
‘The stream of the hind’, swollen and tumultuous as it begins its plunges down towards Loch Leven. Its source is Loch Eilde Mòr, which I think translates as ‘the big loch of the hind’. Perhaps the shelter and grazing here are favoured by nursing hinds. Such a large volume of water coming down the ‘stream’.…
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The Appin Murder
This is Loch Leven, familiar to all those who have travelled on the A82 to Fort William. The Ballachulish bridge crossing the loch is just hidden by the headland on the north shore. On the south shore, again just out of sight is the tiny village of Duror. Here, on 14 May 1752, Colin Roy…
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The Siannag of Dunstaffnage Castle
A wet and gloomy day, so dull in fact my photo count was a bit lean. So the featured image above is the runner-up from yesterday. Dunstaffnage Castle near Oban is a must-see on the tourist itinerary. Built by Duncan MacDougall, the Lord of Lorn, about 1220, on a plug of conglomerate rock. It would…
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Clach na Carraig
I stumbled across this massive standing stone on my morning run. Well, I tell a lie, I was carrying a map and was attracted to the Gothic font which is a giveaway of something interesting. It is truly a monolith, 12½ feet tall, made of granite, and 13 feet in girth. Probably erected by Neolithic…