Glen Reelig. Its moss heaven
* Glen Reelig was only a short walk from the property we stayed in but to enter the Glen was to go into another world . It was positively primordial dark and damp with huge trees obscuring the sky . Every surface was covered in moss or lichens I think if you stood still for a spell the moss would begin to cover you The shot is of the Grotto halfway round the walk it’s called Tigh an Aigh. I had to push up the exposure as it was so dark .
Glen Reelig Wood is a mixture of old conifer and broadleaved trees, set in a narrow, steep-sided glen with the Moniack Burn running. In the woods there are magnificent examples of elderly parent trees which along with their offspring There is an impressive stand of Douglas Fir trees, well over 100 years old with an average height of 160 feet. In 2020, one of the trees as measured at 204 feet making it the tallest tree in Britain. After a local competition it was named Dughall Mòr - meaning 'Big Stranger'; an adjoining tree has since been measured as even taller. They are the tallest larch in Britain at 157,5ft , a 154.2ft-high Norway spruce and Britain's tallest lime tree which stands at 150.11ft .The trees formed a grove of the largest concentration of trees exceeding 160ft anywhere in the British Isles.
The Fraser family, who owned the land for 500 years, planted many species of trees in the early 1800s, the present character of Reelig Glen owes much to James Baillie Fraser (1783 - 1856) who planted many of the trees which are found here today.
The glen became known as the ‘Fairy Glen’, when in the 1840s James Baillie Fraser created work for those suffering during the clearances. He employed local men during the day who said it was a place of fairies and ghosts because each morning they returned to find their previous days work undone. Reelig Glen was sold to the Forestry Commission in 1949 and has remained in its management since.
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Glen Reelig. Its moss heaven
* Glen Reelig was only a short walk from the property we stayed in but to enter the Glen was to go into another world . It was positively primordial dark and damp with huge trees obscuring the sky . Every surface was covered in moss or lichens I think if you stood still for a spell the moss would begin to cover you The shot is of the Grotto halfway round the walk it’s called Tigh an Aigh. I had to push up the exposure as it was so dark .
Glen Reelig Wood is a mixture of old conifer and broadleaved trees, set in a narrow, steep-sided glen with the Moniack Burn running. In the woods there are magnificent examples of elderly parent trees which along with their offspring There is an impressive stand of Douglas Fir trees, well over 100 years old with an average height of 160 feet. In 2020, one of the trees as measured at 204 feet making it the tallest tree in Britain. After a local competition it was named Dughall Mòr - meaning 'Big Stranger'; an adjoining tree has since been measured as even taller. They are the tallest larch in Britain at 157,5ft , a 154.2ft-high Norway spruce and Britain's tallest lime tree which stands at 150.11ft .The trees formed a grove of the largest concentration of trees exceeding 160ft anywhere in the British Isles.
The Fraser family, who owned the land for 500 years, planted many species of trees in the early 1800s, the present character of Reelig Glen owes much to James Baillie Fraser (1783 - 1856) who planted many of the trees which are found here today.
The glen became known as the ‘Fairy Glen’, when in the 1840s James Baillie Fraser created work for those suffering during the clearances. He employed local men during the day who said it was a place of fairies and ghosts because each morning they returned to find their previous days work undone. Reelig Glen was sold to the Forestry Commission in 1949 and has remained in its management since.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO
WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT