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E ridge of Beinn Resipol

In the 7th century St Finan had a cell on the beautiful little island of Eilean Fhianain (St Finan’s Isle) on Loch Shiel. Early chapels would have been built of wood, but a stone chapel was built about 1500, the ruins of which can be seen today. The island was the burying place of the Clan Ranald until the end of the 16th century and the suggested route up Beinn Resipol uses the remains of the old ‘coffin road’ from Strontian to Polloch. Large cairns at the high point of the path on the NE ridge of Beinn a’ Chaorainn mark resting places as coffins were carried across the mountain. In the 18th and 19th century the path was used to access the Corrantee lead mine.

Head up the good track which becomes a maintained path that takes a different line up the Allt Coire an t-Suidhe than shown on the OS map. When the maintained path ends (35min, 220m, 79800 66170), continue up a boggy path which passes old mine buildings and forks right across a small burn at an indistinct junction. Pass more mine buildings and immediately turn right across a bigger burn to reach a deer fence at the edge of the forest (310m, 80010 65750). Cross the fence (at the time of writing the stile is broken, but there is a gap in the broken gate) and follow the path SW until a small cairn at a sharp left-hand bend, just before the top of the ridge (1hr, 385m, 79630 65350).