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10th Aug 2018  14:13  by jonglew

Gridref: NF 82551 34493   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

1 1/2" domed bolt found cemented into bed rock beneath summit cairn. 3 witness rivets located, each a metre or so roughly W, NE & NW of the bolt. Summit cairn rebuilt as a doughnut with bolt just remaining visible.

The Bolt TP8168©jonglew
The Bolt TP8168©jonglew

5th Aug 2018  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NF 82559 34482   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

see Beinn Mhor log

1st May 2016  16:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

found 3 rivets (witness marks) in a triangle around the cairn (N W SE) but no bolt. Rain n cold wind, here for the north top, descended east then back via 4 coastal p30s. Foul weather later, glad I got up the big ones first. Subsequently spoke to Alex who agreed it was probably rivet he found.

rivet 1 witness mark: 1 found 3 of these but no bolt
rivet #2 witness mark
rivet #3 witness mark

1st Jun 2012  14:55  by trigging on an island

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

Started the day at the bothy at Usinish. Heaved my rucksack up to the top of the glen and then made my way northeastwards to the summit. The bolt was easy to find on a rock near to the cairn. The views were far ranging and the wind was scarcely noticeable. Mountains of Harris, Skye and Rum Cuillen, Beinn Mhor, Hirta and Boreray out to sea, all easy to spot. The only thing missing was Barra, which gives an excuse to explore the intervening hills further south another time.

Hecla Bolt
Hecla Bolt view

23rd May 2010  15:31  by stignest

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superb walk in from loch skioport.

18th Aug 1998  11:00  by Bridgeman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 3/10

Hell of a walk in from the end of the B890. Terrain was very wet and potted with lochans. walk took much longer than expected with wet and drizzly conditions.