アードモリッヒウッドのおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

Magnificent views, but the path is narrow, sometimes overhanging the sea, sometimes flooded. Avoid with young children or in bad weather.

The gorgeous River Sheil runs 3 miles through attractive low ground farming and crofting countryside on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the Scottish Highlands. At this particular spot, a single-arched stone bridge built in 1804 spans over the river, creating a picturesque scene as you pass by.

If you spend any time at all in the hills above Loch Shiel, you’ll find cairns that mark the places where coffins (and their carriers) once rested on what were once known as coffin roads. These three are marked on Ornance Survey maps as “Captain Robertson’s Cairns.” When Captain WJ Robertson of Kinlochmoidart died in 1869, his body was carried along this route, taken down to the water, and rowed by boat, to be buried on St Finan’s isle. https://www.komoot.de/highlight/901235 These three cairns don’t just represent one human, though, but the countless inhabitants of this landscape who were once carried, mourned, and laid to rest on the burial island in the loch. Highland parishes once covered huge areas, with relatively few spots consecrated for burial, and bodies were, by necessity, carried long distances over what was (and remains) very difficult terrain. It is no wonder that so many cairns and placenames in this part of the world (for example, Corpach / A’ Chorpaich / field of corpses) commemorate the temporary resting places of mourners and bodies on the coffin roads. - https://kddandco.com/2021/12/06/loch-shiel - https://her.highland.gov.uk/monument/MHG53547 - https://canmore.org.uk/site/332480/captain-robertsons-cairns

Old bridge over the River Moidart - for cyclists and pedestrians only - next to a narrow car bridge.

As you walk through the Bealach (pass), leaving the Lochans behind you suddenly have stunning views across the sea towards the Isles of Eigg, Muck and Coll. If the weather is not so clear this viewpoint above the Lochans is also delightful.

This wild and remote path on the edge of Moidart heads up towards a number of small Lochans. As you leave the Atlantic oak forest near the shoreline, keep glimpsing behind you for ever reaching views over Loch Moidart.

The semi ruined castle sits on Eilean Tioram (the 'Dry Island'). Whilst the interior is closed to the public, you can walk around the exterior, however take care to avoid crossing near to high tide so you can return safely. Situated at the entrance to the Shiel River, this would have been a place of strategic importance and archeologists have found evidence of man here since the Bronze Age. The castle you see here now is thought to date to the 13th Century.

There are very many ticks!! Keep that in mind, prepare, and look for them carefully after your tour.