Map showing the Isle of Ewe and surrounding lakes with mark points labeled A, B, C, and D, and the town of Poolewe in the southwest.

These mounds may simply be clearance cairns, but they are fairly large and circular, and some seem to have a ditch around them.

So far they have only been found in these four locations, although there may well be others.

Mounds

Close-up of a sandy surface with numerous tire tracks and small round impressions.

A Inchina, Gruinard. Here, the mounds surround a roundhouse. The faint remains of an enclosure boundary can be made out.

Aerial view of an archaeological site with circular trenches and some scattered vegetation on a rectangular plot of land surrounded by water.

B Eilean an Eich Bhàin, Fionn Loch. This small island next to the shore is almost completely covered in mounds.

Satellite image of a forested area with patches of clear land and dark shadows of trees. A scale bar indicates 25 meters.

C Àird Mhòr, Loch Kernsary. Some of these mounds appear to have a ditch around them.

Aerial view of grassy terrain with scattered small trees and rocks, measuring approximately 25 meters across.

D Creagan Bàna, River Ewe. A large roundhouse lies close to the mounds.