One of the nicer hikes is out the back of the apportionment and
south into the hills of the Earshader Common Grazings.

crumpled OS map of the area

I did it back in April with the camera. Along the banks of Loch Fhreunadail
I found a dead ewe. The carcass was still furry. But we like to collect sheep
skulls so I thought I should go back.

rotting corpse

 

And I did Sunday. And to my slight surprise, I found the remains of the beast. But not at all as I left them in the spring. Aside from the spine and ribs, the bones were scattered over a square metre or so. I eventually found the the lower jaw bones and the horns, both of which had been removed from the main part of the skull. Still quite ripe and even a bit pink, I washed them in a nearby stream.

Back on the croft they pieced together rather nicely.

here's looking at you