Image Cabrach Ruin vq8010jhp by Jim Henderson

 
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This gallery will have photography relating to the working areas of Aberdeenshire covering farming and forestry. Includes areas of forestry where there is public access for walks such as The Deeside Way and also photographs of forest harvesting, tree cutting, and stacked logs ready for transport to the local sawmills.
Cabrach Ruin vq8010jhp Cabrach moor overview bleak Scottish winter ruined croft stones grass barren one of the bleakest landscapes especially during a nasty winter day. A few ruined crofts or farms can be seen and evidence of past Highland clearances as well as illustrating the hard life of farming in this unfertile moorland where in today’s harsh economic climate even sheep farming is a struggle. In the distance can be seen the distinct summit of the Tap O'Noth hill near Rhynie on which remains the vitrified fortifications from a Pictish hilltop fort and from which can be seen a similar relic from the past on Bennachie near Inverurie. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Alford, Kildrummy, Dufftown, Strathdon, Cabrach, rural, Tap, Noth, Rhynie, hill, Pictish, fort, ruined, ruins, house, windswept, granite, stone, roofless, desolate, burn, Craig, Creagdearg, Longlands, Whitehillock, Elrick, Meikle, heather, moorland, land-use, barren, grass, rugged, sheep, clearances, derelict, farm, farms, farming, agriculture, hill, hard, winter, March, 2008, digital, camera, Fuji, Finepix, S5Pro, DSLR, upright
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Forestry & Farming
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Cabrach Ruin vq8010jhp
Upload Date: 2008-03-08 12:35:38
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Cabrach moor overview bleak Scottish winter ruined croft stones grass

barren one of the bleakest landscapes especially during a nasty winter day. A few ruined crofts or farms can be seen and evidence of past Highland clearances as well as illustrating the hard life of farming in this unfertile moorland where in today’s harsh economic climate even sheep farming is a struggle. In the distance can be seen the distinct summit of the Tap O'Noth hill near Rhynie on which remains the vitrified fortifications from a Pictish hilltop fort and from which can be seen a similar relic from the past on Bennachie near Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Alford, Kildrummy, Dufftown, Strathdon, Cabrach, rural, Tap, Noth, Rhynie, hill, Pictish, fort, ruined, ruins, house, windswept, granite, stone, roofless, desolate, burn, Craig, Creagdearg, Longlands, Whitehillock, Elrick, Meikle, heather, moorland, land-use, barren, grass, rugged, sheep, clearances, derelict, farm, farms, farming, agriculture, hill, hard, winter, March, 2008, digital, camera, Fuji, Finepix, S5Pro, DSLR, upright