This is a bit of a trip down memory lane for me. I went to Arran with an ex girlfriend who came from the area. On a walk after watching some seals we headed towards Glenashdale Falls. As we headed along the path we noticed a load of rubble so had a nose. She told me how it was an old fishermans hut but as it’s so far from the seaI’m not certain. There’s almost nothing of it left. Back then I wasn’t into exploring in an massive way so the shots I took were more of a record of the holiday. I’ve dug them out and scanned some in from the prints.
I’ve also included some shots from the waterfall we were going to, the viewing platform and some shots taken at the edge of the falls which shouldn’t have been taken as well as the Giants Graves. It’s a bloody long walk to the graves and she wasn’t best pleased I insisted we look at them. When she told me of them but that she couldn’t remember what it was like as it had been a while for her I wanted to go - not knowing what the walk would involve and what was at the top. I can see why she wasn’t too happy!
I’ve stolen some words from other sites to provide some more information and I’ll link back to them too.
The Isle of Arran (Scots Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, with an area of 167 square miles (433 km2). It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire. In the 2001 census it had a resident population of 5,058.Arran is the seventh largest Scottish island and the ninth largest island surrounding Great Britain (excluding Ireland).Arran is commonly associated with the Hebrides, with which it shares many cultural and physical similarities, but actually, the Hebrides start off the west coast of Kintyre….
There are many stone circles and standing stones dating from neolithic times, including those on Machrie Moor and the Giant’s Graves above Whiting Bay. St. Molio’s Cave has wall carvings which are evidence of a rare Pictish script.
It is likely that along with Bute, Arran was once the home of a Brythonic speaking people. However, the Gaels spread to the island from their adjacent kingdom of Dál Riata and replaced the older language with their Goidelic tongue. Later the island, along with the vast majority of the Scottish islands, became the property of the Norwegian crown. As a result, many current place names on Arran are of Viking origin. Haakon IV of Norway visited the island in 1263 en route to the Battle of Largs. The last force-fire in the Isle of Arran was about 1820.
St. Columba and St. Ninian are said to have stayed on Arran, and there are other Irish connections, e.g. a stone circle named Fingal’s Cauldron. Nearby is the 34 metres (110 ft) deep King’s Cave where Robert the Bruce is said to have taken shelter. Arran was part of the the medieval Bishopric of Sodor and Man. The caves below Keil Point contain a slab which may have been an ancient altar. This stone has two petrosomatoglyphs on it, the prints of two right feet, said to be of Saint Columba.[7]
wiki link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Arran
Glenashdale Falls
One of Arran’s most beautiful landmarks, Glenashdale Falls, lies at the end of a particularly scenic woodland walk. This is one of several walks through woodlands managed by Forest Enterprise. Leaflets of Forest Walks on Arran can be purchased in the Brodick Tourist Information Centre.There are two starting points to the path, both in Whiting Bay taking the walker along a path through the woods, which runs alongside the Glenashdale Burn. Along the way, depending on which route you’ve taken, is the sign for the Giants Graves - a series of strange stones set high on the hill in a forest clearing. They are, in fact, chambered cairns from the Neolithic period, and rather than being the final resting place of giants, as the legend says, they contained the bones of several people.Getting to the stones requires something of a climb up a series of steps cut into the hillside, but the walk to Glenashdale Falls itself is far less strenuous. Along the way there are several viewpoints looking out towards the falls, which are a magnificent sight when the burn is in full spate, and not far away, on the northern side of the glen, there is an Iron Age fort.
The path is straightforward, although wet weather may make it muddy in places.
visit scotland link - http://walking.visitscotland.com/walks/southscotland/glenashdale-falls
The river running from the falls.
A tiny section of the vicious path up to the Giants Graves!
Half-way up. The view is worth it. This is also the only point you can see out as the rest of the time you're entombed by the forest.
The graves.
Top part of the falls.
And the bottom part.
No shit...
Now onto the B&W roll of film. You can see the viewing platform in the distance. I'm standing on top of the falls.
Jump?
And some more mini-falls from further up the river. I will be going back to explore more one day.
http://www.explorationing.com/?p=25
I’ve also included some shots from the waterfall we were going to, the viewing platform and some shots taken at the edge of the falls which shouldn’t have been taken as well as the Giants Graves. It’s a bloody long walk to the graves and she wasn’t best pleased I insisted we look at them. When she told me of them but that she couldn’t remember what it was like as it had been a while for her I wanted to go - not knowing what the walk would involve and what was at the top. I can see why she wasn’t too happy!
I’ve stolen some words from other sites to provide some more information and I’ll link back to them too.
The Isle of Arran (Scots Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, with an area of 167 square miles (433 km2). It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire. In the 2001 census it had a resident population of 5,058.Arran is the seventh largest Scottish island and the ninth largest island surrounding Great Britain (excluding Ireland).Arran is commonly associated with the Hebrides, with which it shares many cultural and physical similarities, but actually, the Hebrides start off the west coast of Kintyre….
There are many stone circles and standing stones dating from neolithic times, including those on Machrie Moor and the Giant’s Graves above Whiting Bay. St. Molio’s Cave has wall carvings which are evidence of a rare Pictish script.
It is likely that along with Bute, Arran was once the home of a Brythonic speaking people. However, the Gaels spread to the island from their adjacent kingdom of Dál Riata and replaced the older language with their Goidelic tongue. Later the island, along with the vast majority of the Scottish islands, became the property of the Norwegian crown. As a result, many current place names on Arran are of Viking origin. Haakon IV of Norway visited the island in 1263 en route to the Battle of Largs. The last force-fire in the Isle of Arran was about 1820.
St. Columba and St. Ninian are said to have stayed on Arran, and there are other Irish connections, e.g. a stone circle named Fingal’s Cauldron. Nearby is the 34 metres (110 ft) deep King’s Cave where Robert the Bruce is said to have taken shelter. Arran was part of the the medieval Bishopric of Sodor and Man. The caves below Keil Point contain a slab which may have been an ancient altar. This stone has two petrosomatoglyphs on it, the prints of two right feet, said to be of Saint Columba.[7]
wiki link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Arran
Glenashdale Falls
One of Arran’s most beautiful landmarks, Glenashdale Falls, lies at the end of a particularly scenic woodland walk. This is one of several walks through woodlands managed by Forest Enterprise. Leaflets of Forest Walks on Arran can be purchased in the Brodick Tourist Information Centre.There are two starting points to the path, both in Whiting Bay taking the walker along a path through the woods, which runs alongside the Glenashdale Burn. Along the way, depending on which route you’ve taken, is the sign for the Giants Graves - a series of strange stones set high on the hill in a forest clearing. They are, in fact, chambered cairns from the Neolithic period, and rather than being the final resting place of giants, as the legend says, they contained the bones of several people.Getting to the stones requires something of a climb up a series of steps cut into the hillside, but the walk to Glenashdale Falls itself is far less strenuous. Along the way there are several viewpoints looking out towards the falls, which are a magnificent sight when the burn is in full spate, and not far away, on the northern side of the glen, there is an Iron Age fort.
The path is straightforward, although wet weather may make it muddy in places.
visit scotland link - http://walking.visitscotland.com/walks/southscotland/glenashdale-falls
The river running from the falls.
A tiny section of the vicious path up to the Giants Graves!
Half-way up. The view is worth it. This is also the only point you can see out as the rest of the time you're entombed by the forest.
The graves.
Top part of the falls.
And the bottom part.
No shit...
Now onto the B&W roll of film. You can see the viewing platform in the distance. I'm standing on top of the falls.
Jump?
And some more mini-falls from further up the river. I will be going back to explore more one day.
http://www.explorationing.com/?p=25
