Grid reference NJ2712
4 km NNE of Cock Bridge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Shiel
Used to be the shepherds bothy when sheep were put into the nearby common grazing around early 1900-1950s.
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Ernan Water
The glen opens out here. Beyond Shiel, there are high moorland hills and beyond the hill is the Lecht road and ski centre.
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Ford over Ernan Water
Looking south to the ford beside Sheil and the track leads over Cairn Vachich to The Luib farm in Corgarff.
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Bridge over Ernan Water
Looking north from Sheil to the bridge and track which leads up the valley.
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Track leading to the ford.
The track crosses the ford and then zig zags up the slope to Cairn Vachich.
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Sheil in winter
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Junipers, Glen Ernan
Glen Ernan has healthy and dense juniper woodland.
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Road down Glen Earnan
View downstream towards the screes on Creag Aighean. There are plenty of junipers here.
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Limestone, Glen Ernan
Exposed limestone beside the road. This is exposure covers a small area around the floor of the glen, but the farms lower down the glen are also on limestone (a long thin strip of exposed limestone between Glenbuchat Lodge and Mona Gowan).
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Culvert, Ernan Water
A new crossing of the burn at Shiel. I have never seen this arrangement before.
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Glen Ernan
View downstream at Shiel.
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