A view from the Oa across Loch Indaal on a beautiful April afternoon, looking at Bruichladdich with the distillery in the distance. The new warehouses on the left, the core village with the distillery in the centre.
A panoramic view of the archaeological dig at Olistadh in June 2024, various activities around the ruins of the abandoned village on the Rhinns of Islay. Loch Indaal, Laggan Bay and the Oa visible in the distance in the background.
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.