First post, blush.....
So good to see so many of the ancient sites of my locality featured.
It may be of interest to both yourself uisdean, and others visiting this fine loch that the "fort" marked on the OS sample above is worth a look also. Most of the OS marked (and unmarked) Duns etc in this area are almost completely robbed out of usable stone. The Loch Achnahinich "fort" still has it's foundation stones and well worth a visit (too heavy to pinch).
Watson, in "Place names of Ross-Shire" interprets the gaelic meaning as "field of the nail points" and adds some interesting context regarding the local traditions. This was the clan Matheason rallying point, hence; the field of the nail points". Watson also points to the nearby burn (can't remember the gaelic name for the moment), which he translates as "the stream/burn of murmuring" which also has a traditional ancient clan association.
Local tradition has it that this fort/dun was one of the last to be occupied
in the area.
There is also another "traditional" crannog site on Loch Iain Og that you would have to "almost pass" if traveling over the Collie Mhor from Balmacara (A87) to Achanhinich. Again tradition has this as a late occupation and the loch is named after the last crannog inhabitant, that is; Mr Iain Og.
Cheers
Lilo
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