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New gate in Upper Edinbane
by Richard Dorrell
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Category: Gate
A new gate is being installed in what used to be a farm track near the end of... (more)
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Moorland towards Edinbane
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3548
Category: Moorland
The water, centrally, is Loch Greshornish. Edinbane village is not clearly... (more)
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Towards Edinbane forest
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3547
Category: View
A view over one of the access tracks within Edinbane wind farm, looking over the... (more)
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Edinbane wind farm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3549
Category: Wind farm
Viewed looking south from the track from Upper Edinbane. The turbines are... (more)
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Track to the wind farm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3550
Category: Track
What used to be a farm track from Upper Edinbane has been rebuilt and extended... (more)
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Snow on the moor
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3547
Category: Moorland
This viewpoint, close to an access track within the Edinbane wind farm, offers a... (more)
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Edinbane wind farm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3547
Category: Moorland
Three of the thirteen turbines currently in place stand amid snow covered and... (more)
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Snow on the moor
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3547
Category: Moorland
Northerly winds have brought snow to much of Scotland, and the higher ground on... (more)
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Wind farm, main road
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3547
Category: Wind farm
This is looking south down the main access road through the Edinbane wind farm.... (more)
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Tracks in the snow
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3547
Category: Machinery
It looks like a caterpillar has shed its tracks during the construction of the... (more)
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Wind farm moorland
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3547
Category: Moorland
The turbines within Edinbane wind farm are widely scattered across the moorland.... (more)
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Edinbane wind farm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3547
Category: Wind farm
The white lines on the access track are un-melted compressed snow. The water,... (more)
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South through the wind farm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3548
Category: Moorland
A view south through the Edinbane wind farm, showing just three of the thirteen... (more)
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Edinbane wind farm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3548
Category: Wind farm
Access roads connect the scattered turbines in the wind farm. The yellow notices... (more)
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Edinbane wind farm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3548
Category: Wind farm
The turbines are widely scattered over the moorland between the hills. A main... (more)
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Snow gate?
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3549
Category: Gates
A snow drift has almost buried the gates at the wind farm end of the track from... (more)
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Allt an Lòin Ghuirm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3549
Category: Burn
The small burn flows down the western slope of Ben Uigshader to join the Abhainn... (more)
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Allt an Lòin Ghuirm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3549
Category: Burn
The burn flows from the western slopes of Ben Uigshader to join the Abhainn... (more)
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North from the wind farm track
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3549
Category: Track
The view south from this newly built track to the wind farm is dominated by... (more)
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Edinbane wind farm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3549
Category: Wind farm
The turbines are widely scattered across the moor. A main access road has been... (more)
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North west from the wind farm track
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3550
Category: View
The photographer is standing on a recently rebuilt former farm track which now... (more)
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Moorland in the wind farm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3547
Category: Moorland
The slope on the left rises to Beinn a' Chearcaill. Three of the thirteen... (more)
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Unnamed burn on Ben Uilleim
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3548
Category: Burn
There is at least one wind turbine everywhere you look on this moorland.
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Within Edinbane Forest
by Richard Dorrell
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A recently built forest track on the eastern side of the Edinbane plantation... (more)
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New stile in Upper Edinbane
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3550
Category: Stile
Nearby, the construction of the Edinbane wind farm has recently been completed.... (more)
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Forest track
by Richard Dorrell
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This track through Edinbane Forest was built within the last couple of years,... (more)
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End of the track
by Richard Dorrell
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This forestry track was built within the last couple of years. It branches off... (more)
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View to Edinbane
by Hilmar Ilgenfritz
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Taken from the A850 West of Edibane. Behind the village rises Na Biodachan.
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Beyond the track
by Richard Dorrell
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A recently built forestry track, which is not yet marked on current OS maps,... (more)
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A850
by Richard Dorrell
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Looking downhill, with Greshornish Forest on the left. The road leads past... (more)
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Back down the track
by Richard Dorrell
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Looking back down the recently built forestry track from its southernmost end.... (more)
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Forest track
by Richard Dorrell
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Looking north towards Upper Edinbane and Loch Greshornish from a forestry track... (more)
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Allt Storachan
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3349
View looking north east over the burn towards Upper Edinbane from a recently... (more)
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Automatic moorland?
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3649
The sign reads: "This machinery is automatic and may start without... (more)
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Hillside and windfarm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3649
Heather is currently in bloom and tinting the moorland purple. Here, the view is... (more)
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Summit trig point
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3649
The trig point which tops Ben Uigshader is a Vanessa style pillar. Access roads... (more)
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Summit of Ben Uigshader
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3649
The summit is topped by a Vanessa style trig pillar. Getting to this hilltop has... (more)
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Ruins by the windfarm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3648
In the immediate foreground is the ruined remains of a rectangular structure... (more)
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Lon Beatha
by Hilmar Ilgenfritz
geograph for square NG3351
Taken from A850 West of Edinbane. View over the flat moorland of Lon Beatha to... (more)
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Mystery track - the mystery deepens...
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3648
Category: Track
This track leads away from the recently constructed Edinbane wind farm, and here... (more)
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Mystery track
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3548
Category: Track
This is close to one of the turbines in the extensive Edinbane wind farm. This... (more)
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Edinbane windfarm
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3548
Category: Wind farm
The windfarm is now complete, with all eighteen turbines operational. The... (more)
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Clamadal Moorland
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3652
Category: Moorland
Lumpy but largely featureless moorland, with occasional craggy outcrops east of... (more)
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Gateway into Greshornish Forest
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3150
This entrance, from the A850 main road just west of Upperglen, is to a short and... (more)
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Quarry by the track
by Richard Dorrell
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It is normal practice for small quarries to be dug to provide material for the... (more)
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Forest track
by Richard Dorrell
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When John Allan visited this grid square in November 2006, he had to fight his... (more)
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Dangerous crossing
by Richard Dorrell
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Just here, a recently built forest track crosses a burn in a shallow gorge. The... (more)
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Heather and forest
by Richard Dorrell
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The heather is in bloom and attracting many insects. This depth of vegetation... (more)
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South east over the trig point
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG3649
This view is looking south east over the top of the Vanessa style trig pillar on... (more)
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Summit of Ben Uigshader
by Richard Dorrell
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This is a very similar view to that taken by John Allan in April 2006 (... (more)
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