PICTURES: Modern life is rubbish for Wester Ross Dun Canna site which has been inhabited for 4000 years; Scottish Wildlife Trust effort shifts tons of rubbish from beauty spot
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More than four tons of rubbish has been removed by volunteers from an ancient coastal site home to human habitation for around 4000 years.
Among the finds were a discarded fish finder and astro turf from a soccer pitch!
Scottish Wildlife Trust - Living Seas, which oversaw the recent clean-up of Dun Canna - six miles north of Ullapool in Wester Ross - said it was a "desecration" of the area.
"In our latest visit there was another haul of ropes, nets, plastic bottles, pipes - even some astro turf and a fish finder!" said co-ordinator Noel Hawkins.
"Another 137 kg (302lbs) of rubbish, mostly plastics off the beach and disposed of thanks to the volunteers that carry out cleans when they walk into the old fort and beach and the co-operation between Scottish Wildlife Trust, Ledmore Estate and The Highland Council, working together to tackle our marine litter.
"We must also thank Keanchulis Estate for access to Dun Canna where we have now removed over four tons of rubbish.
"The Dun Canna site, where we located the initial beach clean station, is by an old fort - believed to be between three and four thousand years old. There are also the remnants of an old fish trap that was build by Vikings around 800 AD.
"The history and beauty of the location is part of the reason we decided to put so much effort into cleaning it and trying to keep it looked after.
"Seeing such an historic site ruined by modern rubbish was a disgrace and a desecration."
