Geo-Trips :: Hill of Towie Wind Farm
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A walk from Belnellan , Tue, 30 Mar 2021 by Anne Burgess
Love them or hate them, wind farms make it much easier to walk over land that was previously quite hard going. We set out from Belnellan Farm at Maggieknockater and followed the road up through the forest, turning right on the new path provided by the wind farm. We passed among the western turbines, crossed the minor road to the actual Hill of Towie, and followed the wind farm main access down through the forest to Rosarie.
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Shians
Only a couple of walls remain of the house and buildings at Shians.
Shians Stripe
A stripe is a small watercourse, and this one takes its name from the nearby croft... more
Shians Stripe
A stripe is a small watercourse, and this one takes its name from the nearby croft... more
Greenhill
This is one of a very large number of abandoned crofts in this vicinity, and one... more
Unnamed Burn
This burn joins Shiand Stripe to form the Burn of Dinnyhorn, eventually reaching... more
Greenhill
The ruins of Greenhill are more substantial than those of most of the abandoned... more
View from Knockan
Knockan is one of two summits, both so gentle as to be all but undetectable,... more
Hill of Towie Wind Farm
The nearest turbine is well inside this grid square, but the wind farm extends... more
Hill of Towie Wind Farm
One of the advantages of wind farms is that they build roads which offer great... more
Hill of Towie Wind Farm
This turbine is close to the very insdistinct summit of Knockan (372 metres).
Hill of Towie Wind Farm
Some of the turbines on the slopes of Knockan and Hill of Towie. On the horizon... more
Hill of Towie Wind Farm
A boggy burn drains this part of the wind farm. In the distance are Corryhabbie... more
An Excellent Idea
RES, the company that operates the Hill of Towie Wind Farm, has provided large... more
Hill of Towie Wind Farm West Entrance
This is the entrance to the western part of the wind farm off the minor road... more
Hill of Towie Wind Farm East Entrance
This is the entrance to the eastern part of the wind farm off the minor road... more
Pond on Hill of Towie
It seems an odd place to build a pond, and it's not a very useful one as it seems... more
Forest Drainage
One of the roadside drains in Rosarie Forest.
Rosarie Forest
This part of the forest has been felled, and not that recently, affording a view... more
Former Mill Dam
This pond is shown as a mill dam on the first edition of the six-inch Ordnance... more
Former Mill
This is the sole survivor of several buildings shown on the old maps but not... more
Former Mill
This is the sole survivor of several buildings shown on the old maps but not... more
Track to Jocksleys
We might have thought about exploring this old track until we saw that it is... more
Rosarie House
Built in 1921 according to the panel above the door. It probably supplanted an... more
Common Whitlow-grass (Erophila verna)
This is one of the arable weeds that are so easy to overlook, not least because... more
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