Scotland > Rivers, Glens & Lochs > Glen Dye Spring bnm7006jhp
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© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Rivers, Glens & Lochs | |||
Filename: | Glen Dye Spring bnm7006jhp |
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Upload Date: | 2017-05-03 11:51:06 | |||
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Caption: | Glen Dye Charr spring Cairn O'Mount road gorse moorland hillstrees Scottish Aberdeenshire summer Charr taken on the Cairn O’Mount stretch of road just before the steep hill down to the Spital Brig, looking across to the Charr Burn and a very typical part of the grouse and deer moorland and forestry Glen Dye estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns. The road crosses over the moorlands peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with a viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile Howe of Mearns plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the very narrow single lane Spital Brig is an old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. The small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. |
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