A muddy shoreline circuit featuring an Iron Age Dun and panoramic sea views.
Earth/mud footpaths and farm tracks, particularly muddy where cattle have congregated. The return leg is along a surfaced road.
None to start.
Parking area west of Corriecravie.
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The parking area lies adjacent to a set of children's swings at the western end of the hamlet. From here head seaward over a grassy rise to a memorial plaque erected to commemorate a pilot and gunner that lost their lives off the rocky coast. Descend slightly right via a faint grassy path to reach a wide farm track heading towards the shore. Cross a stile on the right to access another track heading west-northwest between grazing land before dropping down through a kissing gate into an altogether muddier field generally occupied by a dairy herd.
Avoid the mud as much as possible and head towards the shore to pick up a faint path running right to left above the beach. This will undoubtedly be wet and churned up by hooves, but becomes easier after a short distance. Thread through a boulder field to reach a gate in a fence - ignore this and pass it to the right and follow the path as it runs adjacent to a large reed bed. Follow the derelict wall and fence on the left to reach a small bay with a burn draining into the sea. Cross the burn and go through a gate in the fence on the left.
Torr a'Chaisteil is obvious straight ahead, so set off across the field aiming for the bottom left corner of the mound. Go through a gate and turn right to follow an easy track that curves up the southern face of the hill to emerge just below the summit at an information board. Take the small path to the summit and enjoy the views to the Mull of Kintyre, Sanda Island and Ailsa Craig.
Turn away from the dun and head across the fields occasionally picking up a narrow path that seems to lead directly through the wettest patches. Finally pass through a kissing gate and cross a driveway to reach the main road. Turn left and follow the road back to the start point.
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