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The rocky western shore of Kilmaluag Bay. The road is a dead end in the... (more)

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There are high, usually un-fenced cliffs round the coast of much of the Isle of... (more)

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Part of the rocky shoreline north of The Aird close to the most northerly tip of... (more)

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A tiny slipway at the western end of Kilmaluag Bay. On the far side of the bay... (more)

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This collapsed sea cave is just one more impressive coastal feature in a short... (more)

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A most impressive and complex coastal feature incorporating a natural arch and... (more)

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The hill looks very rocky from below, but it turns out that there are large... (more)

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Not a place I would wish to be standing in a north westerly gale.

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The beach is made up of rounded boulders, none of them small enough to be... (more)

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Just grassy mounds and a few rocks remain here to indicate that there were at... (more)

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This area is literally littered with visible outlines of ruined buildings and... (more)

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Weaknesses in parts of the cliffs here have allowed the sea to erode some... (more)

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The top of a natural arch is on the right of this image. The open sea is to the... (more)

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A complex and impressive feature. A natural arch allows the sea to enter the... (more)

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Although not very apparent in the picture, the ground slopes steeply towards the... (more)

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From this angle, only the top of the impressive sea stack can be seen. Beyond is... (more)

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Looking past the mouth of the bay and down the spectacular eastern coast of the... (more)

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The point and beach lie at the southern end of a flat, low lying piece of land... (more)

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Peeping past the summit trig point and the rocky hill top, with the Hunish... (more)

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This view past the summit trig point and cairn is south east down the east coast... (more)

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Taken from close to the summit. Heather and grass on the hill has recently been... (more)

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Looking out over Rubha na h-Aiseig with a little of Eilean Trodday just visible... (more)

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The nearest part of the small island is in grid square NG4478. There is a... (more)

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A small flock of sheep is grazing around the ruins.

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Looking down from the hillside above, it is clear that there are three unroofed... (more)

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An inland cliff rises above a low-lying flat and boggy plain to the east of Ben Volovaig.

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Looking over heather moorland and the bay named Lùb Stac nam Meann to the... (more)

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Looking west, with in the background, the low Hunish peninsula (which ends at... (more)

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Quite likely once a farmstead, this isolated L-shaped building lies less than... (more)

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The ruins of five buildings stand close together here. They were built on top of... (more)

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The ruins of a group of five buildings stand here, on top of a neolithic... (more)

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Exploring moorland on Skye often means clambering over wire stock-proof fences,... (more)

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The old stone-built enclosure is now surrounded by a modern wire fence. The... (more)

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The group of sheep which watched me arrive at the summit of this small hill... (more)

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The sheep had no doubt been attracted by the growth of fresh grass after the... (more)

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This flat, low-lying piece of land, which is boggy away from the shore, lies to... (more)

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And there's even a sturdy stile over the fence! The wall would have been... (more)

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