
Looking back on the way out to Lossit Bay: I believe the cottage on the left is at Kelsay. Behind it is Beinn Tart a’ Mhill, at the 232m the highest hill on the Rhinns of Islay.

Looking back on the way out to Lossit Bay: I believe the cottage on the left is at Kelsay. Behind it is Beinn Tart a’ Mhill, at the 232m the highest hill on the Rhinns of Islay.

A view from Bowmore beach across Loch Indaal on a sunny June 2025 afternoon, following a cloudy start to the day. In the distance Port Charlotte on the Rhinns of Islay, Beinn Tart a’Mhill towering over it.

Long before it was picked for an archaeological dig in the 2020s I passed the abandoned village of Olistadh on the Rhinns of Islay after climbing Beinn Tart a’Mhill (in the background on the right). These are some of the ruins in some beautiful June 2007 afternoon sunshine. Loch Indaal and the Oa also visible in the distance on the left.