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| View from my home |
There are four mountains clearly visible from my home, Seefin, Seefingan, Seehan and Sorrell Hill, each of which is capped by a Megalithic passage tomb. I have been threatening to visit them since I moved to this area three years ago and have only very recently managed to tackle Seefin and Sorrell Hill. Now I'm no stranger to an auld walk but unaccustomed to 2000ft assents. I know there are seasoned hikers chuckling at me now but allow me my novice status! We were not really sure where to start the assent, so we passed a group of hill walkers heading away from the Kilbride Rifle Range and followed the forest road until we found the first parking bay and headed up the rough clearing in the forest, which appeared to be a forest trail on the map.
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| View back down the mountain towards Sorrell Hill |
A heart pounding half hour later we emerged out of the woods to meet the professional hill walkers that had taken the considerably easier trail around the rifle range. We followed this trail up coming around the back of the final assent to the tomb at the top, there are some wonderful views of Sorrell Hill off to you right on this trail.
Unfortunately it was a pretty foggy day so views not as great as they could be.
As you approach the top there is a series of assents then it levels out then more assents and it does begin to feel a little like you are never going to get there.
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| Seefin Cairn |
Then finally you come up over the last bit and there it is!
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| Seefin Cairn |
Following this route Seefin tomb is approached from behind the entrance is around the other side
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| Entrance |
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| Shanley at the entrance |
The entrance is designed for those of a very svelte physique probably from hiking up and down the mountain on a regular basis or for my eight year old daughter who passed through easily.
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| Looking down the collapsed roof |
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| Inside the tomb |
Fortunately (or unfortunately) depending on your perspective the cairn at the top has collapsed allowing easy access into the tombs
The site was excavated in the 30's however nothing was found.
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| Inside the tomb |
It is widely recognised that often artifacts were moved from site to site or that these tombs were build but there was no one important enough to bury in them. This site is quite elaborate in its construction though and begs the question why build something like this if it is not to be used except perhaps for ritual purposes?
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| Looking towards the entrance from inside |
Its an amazing place to visit and to climb around unrestrained by tour guides, coaches, uniforms and rules it has an atmosphere that commands respect and thankfully the only desecration of this site is its own natural ageing process.
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| Seehan in the distance |
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| Seefingan in the distance |
