Bogallan Wood

Nearest town:
Inverness (6km SE)
OS reference:
NH64425030
OS sheet:
26
Latitude:
57° 31' 21.64 N
Longitude:
4° 15' 50.93 W
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Image of Bogallan Wood (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Pig stys add to the weirdness, this looking north east.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 5, 2019
Image of Bogallan Wood (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The west side of the cairn, and this weird ditch thing.

Image credit: drew/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 5, 2019
Image of Bogallan Wood (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Finding this cairn is like wandering thru the set of 12 Monkeys, an old wildlife park.

Image credit: drew/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 5, 2019

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Bogallan Wood

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 15, 2019

The cairn at Bogallan Wood is in a very weird place as there has been, in the not to distant past, a Wildlife Park here. Sadly, maybe not sadly depending your point of view, it has been closed for ages, empty enclosures, cage type things, closed restaurant/shop, abandoned little trains and small empty barns made me think that I was wandering through the set of the Twelve Monkeys, Dingwall was being invaded by elephants, giraffes and lions. Interesting thought.

From the A9 take the minor road heading north east , sign posted Drumsmittal, and keep going until the beginnings of Bogallan Wood. The entrance gate is now shut, so no entrance fee and we had the eerie place to ourselves.

This still is a huge cairn despite a lot pinching of stones for buildings and dykes. The round cairn is about 28m wide and well over 2m high.

Follow the road south west, go past the restaurant, a couple of barns and take the road heading west. The cairn is slightly to the south behind the barn.

Bizarre place!!!

Visited 4/1/2019.

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