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An Stac from Beinn Coire nan Gall

Inverailort House was requisitioned by the War Office at the end of May 1940 and the house became a training centre for irregular forces, with trainees being taught how to work behind enemy lines, hand-to-hand combat, sabotage, use of explosives and survival techniques. Special Operations Executive (SOE) training was centred on nearby Arisaig House. In August 1942 the army was replaced by the Royal Navy; the house became HMS Lochailort, used for training naval cadets and ratings to become officers on the small craft used by Combined Operations. The Royal Navy moved out in January 1945.

Don’t follow the road to Glenshian Lodge, but head S along a tarmac farm road. Turn left along a grass track, signed Druim Fiaclach, immediately before the cottages. Pass through three sets of gates, passing the remains of outbuildings erected by the army in the war, and keep straight on along a faint boggy path which goes to the right of the wooded Tom Odhar knoll. The old stalker’s path improves as you climb to cross a couple of vehicle tracks before joining another track, marked by a small cairn (120m, 77700 81430). A little higher, fork left along a vehicle track which drops down to a bridge over the gorge of the Allt a’ Bhuiridh (35min, 125m, 77890 81340).