A fairly low level circular walk allowing exploration of the fantastic remains of iron-age brochs, the open moorland above Gleann Beag, and the pretty coastal village of Glenelg.
Bog Factor
Much of the walk is on small roads and landrover track; there is one very boggy section across moorland.
Glenelg.
Bus service to Glenelg, also summer ferry from Kylerhea on Skye.
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Start from the centre of Glenelg village which has a good shop and pub. The walk begins southwards along the road, passing the Glenelg Inn and a war memorial on the shores of the bay. After 2 kilometres of skirting the coast you will reach a road junction just before a bridge. Don't cross the bridge but instead continue straight ahead on the road into Gleann Beag, signed for the brochs.
The road follows the river up the glen reaching the first broch of Dùn Telve after another couple of kilometres. The second and perhaps even more impressive broch, Dùn Troddan, is a further kilometre along the road on the left. These amazing iron-age fortresses are well worth exploring.
After the brochs, continue until the end of the public road at a farmhouse. Go through the gateway to the right of the farmhouse and follow a track straight ahead. The track fords a stream and then climbs uphill, passing the remains of a third broch, in much more ruinous state, Dùn Grugaig, on the right. The track continues to follow the glen which narrows with pretty, native woodland in parts. Continue on the track passing underneath electricity pylons then staying close to the river for a while. The track then branches in two - follow the left hand branch signed for Glenelg and pass through a farm gate
Follow the track as it climbs gently onto the open moorland. At the top of the rise you can see Loch Iain Mhic Aonghairs to the left. There is a real sense of being in the middle of a wilderness, continue for another kilometre downhill on a now very boggy path to head to the bothy at Suardalan. The bothy is maintained by volunteers from the Mountain Bothy Association; please help by carrying out any rubbish you find here, and always follow the bothy code when visiting.
Rather than continuing on the very boggy path, instead aim east from Suardalan, passing through a gap in a drystone dyke and then eventually reaching a track and bridge over the Glenmore River. Turn left over the bridge, then follow the track through the woods to Moyle. From here a minor road continues to eventually meet with the road coming down from the Ratagan pass. Turn left and follow the road downhill for several kilometres keeping left at the fork at the foot of the glen to return to Glenelg.
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