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Loch Ederline
Date Added: 24th Sep 2020
Site Type: Crannog
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4
Loch Ederline submitted by crannog on 22nd Feb 2012. Aw, lovely wee crannog, sitting pretty and watching the world go by.
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Log Text: Hard to give a score for access. Very easy with a boat, difficult otherwise (you could swim I suppose).
Using the 2m long paddle of the canoe I measured the depth of the water around the crannog to see if there was any sign of a causeway. On the three sides not facing the shore (N,S,W) the stones drop away quickly, going to a depth of 2 meters and sometimes being burried in the silt, within 5m of the edge of the crannog.
On the eastern side, facing the shore of the loch, the depth does not exceed 2 m all the way to the shore. The stones go out much further than on the other sides (15m) from the shore of the crannog before being covered in silt. Maybe there was a stone causeway which has been covered in silt over the years, or it was naturally shallow so they could wade out.
Leckuary Rock Art
Date Added: 23rd Sep 2020
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Leckuary Rock Art submitted by Anne T on 2nd Aug 2018. …. all these motifs became visible in the strong sunlight.
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Log Text: The farmer very kindly showed me the rock and explained the history and how he found it.
Dun Chonallaich
Date Added: 21st Sep 2020
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Dun Chonallaich submitted by h_fenton on 9th Jun 2013. Dun Chonallaich, viewed from the north east.
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8 April 2013
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Log Text: A great fort, sadly damaged but there is a good chunk of wall left. It can be hard to get to (that's the point of a fort). Access would score 3 if you find the right way first time, or a 1 if you attempt to climb the wrong side of the hill. I started from Auchinellan house where I was staying as a guest so I don't think this is a public route up.
Probably better to walk up the track from the village of Ford, the track starts just north of the (possibly closed) crown house B&B and then yomp South West accross the moor to access the east flank of the hill, ideally from the south-east if you can be bothered walking right round if you have come from Ford.
Approach it from the south east and you sill see a cliff face. This is a dangerous face which is collapsing and any direct ascent to the fort would be horrible. Instead, climb it along the rambling eastern flank avoiding as much bracken as possible (there are ticks about).
About an hour from the farm if you find the right way.