Badnabay

All pictures copyright © 1998 Martin McCarthy

Looking south-east towards Ben Stack Large image(39k) Looking east across Laxford Bay, with Sàil Mhór and the ridge of Foináven in the distance. Large image(27k) Looking north into the main chamber. Large image(35k) Looking west along the course of the entrance passage into the main chamber. Two portal stones forming part of the entrance into the chamber can be seen in the foreground. Large image(69k) Looking south into the main chamber. Large image(40k)

Badnabay is almost as far to the north-west as you can get on the British mainland, less than 20 miles south of Cape Wrath. On some low-lying ground on the south side of the A894 there used to stand a chambered cairn some twelve metres in diameter. The cairn has been completely removed, but fifteen upright stones (some barely showing above the current ground level) of a polygonal chamber remain. These enclose an area about 2.5 by 3.5 metres across.