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Approaching the granite, the heated greywacke loses its bedding structure. On the other side, approaching the magma chamber wall the granite forms only the smallest crystals, so the visible speckles are lost. Thus the difference between the two is less marked at the actual junction than across the hill as a whole.

Descend south of east, with steep drops into Howe of the Caldron on your left. In clear conditions, once at the plateau edge it is possible to see Loch Enoch spread below; head for its right-hand corner. In mist, the wide, lumpy Redstone Rig provides no clear line – aim somewhat to the left (north) of the loch corner, and on reaching the loch turn right along a sketchy path. The loch’s southwest corner has a fence line running down to a tiny golden-sand beach. Here switch to Walk 6 for the Rig of Buchan descent.

Continue along the loch’s south side on a sketchy path for 250 metres, then turn up to the right into a grassy gap between two hillocks. At once this becomes a little pass, just 15m higher up than the loch itself. The actual outflow is at the northwest corner, but here, and also the northeast and southeast corners, are almost outflows too.