Glen Nevis Evening Walk – Dun Deardail

When: Wednesday 23/09/2020
Time: 8:00pm - 12:00am

Nevis Hillwalking Club is a small, friendly, Lochaber-based club that goes out walking every weekend of the year.

We offer a warm welcome to new members and visitors. Join us on our organised walk (while adhering to the restrictions put in place by the government). For more details please contact John on 01631 564381, check our website nevishillwalking.club or email enquiries@nevishillwalking.club

Route -
Maps LR41 and EX392 Glen Nevis
Dun Deardail, a late prehistoric or early historic vitrified hill fort, is a well-known feature in Glen
Nevis. The approach described below follows the routes of known footpaths at risk of extinction due to clear-felling or over-growth, which recently have been re-cairned and cleared by local people.

Park where convenient in the vicinity of the Glen Nevis Restaurant, NN126720 or the Youth
Hostel, NN127717. Head WSW on the track behind the restaurant to reach the forest road. Turn S and follow it for 550m. At NN1249971278, fork right onto a 2-metre temporary track leading up across a clear-felled area. Follow it to a dip, beyond which a cairn marks the course of the original path.

Follow this uphill until it is obliterated by a harvester track. Continue S uphill on the
harvester track to reach the WHW at NN1242970659. Follow this SW for 200m only to a cairn at NN1267870824 and take the path which zig-zags S up the clear-felled hillside. It crosses the WHW at NN1261670723 and continues SW up through pleasant mixed deciduous woodland.

Meeting the WHW once more turn S and follow the forest road up for 200m to the start of the path up to Dun Deardail, marked by an information panel. Head E and reach the Fort after a further 850m. Return by the same route or more simply but longer, *follow the WHW all the way back.
6km, 400m ascent
*8km, 400m ascent

Event Details

Location

Glen Nevis, Glen Nevis, Fort William, Highlands PH37 GB