Monday, 22nd May 2023
| Walk: | Taxi to Kildonan, Giants' Graves, Glenashdale Falls, Glenashdale Burn, Ashdale Bridge, | ||
| Start Point: | Kildonan | Grid Reference: | NS 033 208 |
| Distance: | 7.7 miles | Ascent: | 893 feet |
| Time: | 5 hours | ||
| Weather: | Sunny spells but a cool breeze | ||
| Comments: | The next section of the Coastal Route would be inaccessible at Brennan Head and Dippen Head due to high tide. Consequently we started the day at Kildonan and took the inland option. This gave us the opportunity to visit the Giants' Graves and Glenashdale Falls before returning to Whiting Bay. |
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From our starting point we can see over Pladda . . .
to volcanic Ailsa Craig in the distance
Ascending from Kildonan, Holy Island comes into view
A short detour takes us to the Giants' Graves . . .
5,000 year old chambered tombs . . .
which predate the Egyptian Pyramids . . .
and where pottery shards, flint knives, arrowheads . . .
and fragments of burnt bone have been found
Further along the route Goat Fell can just be seen to the left
Our first view of Glenashdale Falls . . .
where the 140 foot drop . . .
can be seen from the viewing platform
Glenashdale Burn as it flows beneath . . .
Ashdale Bridge . . .
and out to sea