And then

Achtercairn archaeology trail is a circuitous route used and reused by farmers for more than 5000 years. The best way to describe it is our words of what one passes by -  

Roundhouse Bronze and Iron age

Shieling

Roundhouse

Fank

Roundhouse

Quartz

The old wood 

Roundhouse

Gorse

Blueberries

Heather

Roundhouse

Charcoal

Roundhouse

Ritual

Roundhouse

Field of the Shieling of the bird

Old lazy beds

Roundhouse

Cattle fold of the tenants

Roundhouse

Lambing pen

Burial cairn

Dog’s tooth wall

Prehistoric, circle, ceremonial, community, temple with out a roof, beacon, fire, sun.

Imagine a large family gathered around the fire in the largest roundhouse, timber of up to fifty trees form the roof, with thatch of heather, bracken, smoke filtering through to the sky, entrance pointing south west to the midwinter solstice sunset, and then as we stand in the sun looking toward Skye - a euro fighter burns above us.