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| Site Name (A/D) |
Site Type | Country (A/D) |
County/ Region | Visited? (A/D) |
Date (A/D) |
Cond | Amb | Acc | Comments | Trip Number (A/D) |
Trip Order |
| Loch Ederline | Crannog | Scotland | Argyll | Visited | 24th Sep 2020 | 4 | 4 | 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 sid... Read More |
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| Leckuary Rock Art | Rock Art | Scotland | Argyll | Visited | 23rd Sep 2020 | 3 | 3 | 4 | The farmer very kindly showed me the rock and explained the history and how he found it. | ||
| Dun Chonallaich | Stone Fort or Dun | Scotland | Argyll | Visited | 1st Sep 2020 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 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... Read More |