Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Beinn a' Mhonicag
Open for business
Thelma (not her real name) eyed up the passing tourist with a practised eye as she leaned back against the doorframe. It was a look that piqued his interest but a sideways glance down her chest and pot belly, and provocatively posed slim white legs made him grimace slightly. Damn, she had caught his eye. Slut. "Are ye wantin' any business?" she cooed across the road to him. It made him break into an uncontrollable smile, but he kept walking. Far too old for that sort of thing, and she simply wasn't his type. Disgustingly he realised he was slightly flattered. Fortunately the thought brought him back to reality. He had seen a sign. " Glen Roy Ice Age Landscape" "Hmmm" he thought. I'll just take a gander up here and see what's going on. "What could the Glen Roy Ice Age Landscape be", he wondered. Is it some indoor themed display experience? Perhaps a big plastic mammoth and a stuffed woolly rhinocerous with a caveman depicted in a cavelike interior? He was intrigued. The single track road wound up and up through the trees as the mountain faces opened up around him. Further and further up into the hills as the sparcely spread cottages and ruins thinned out along the track, further away from the Glen Spean Brewery. Arriving at the viewing point he immediately noticed the 'parallel roads' markings on the hillside on either side of the glen and cut into the mountains up ahead. These lines were the shorelines of ancient icy lakes back in the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago. If you ever see it, it's really quite interesting.
26-Jul-22 • PentlandPirate: Slapdash Photography • flickr
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Beinn a' Mhonicag summit
At 567m a great viewpoint over Glen Roy .
17-Nov-21 • Mrs Butterbur • flickr
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Glen Roy rainbow
As we descended the north ridge of Beinn a' Mhonicag. The "Parallel Roads of Glen Roy," formed by a lake during the last ice age, can be seen on the right under the rainbow.
17-Nov-21 • Mrs Butterbur • flickr
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Glen Roy
A stopover tonight in Roy Bridge so a re-visit (last seen in 2008) to Glen Roy where it is said "nowhere in Scotland can the dramatic effects of glacial ice on our landscape be seen more clearly" My caption from the last shot taken 13 years ago states "Glen Roy in the Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland is a National Nature Reserve and is noted for the geological puzzle of the three roads ("Parallel Roads"). The "Parallel Roads" of Glen Roy are lochterraces that formed along the shorelines of an ancient ice-dammed loch. The loch existed during a brief period (some 900-1,100 years in duration) of climatic deterioration, during a much longer period of deglaciation, subsequent to the last main ice age (The Devensian). From a distance they resemble man-made roads running along the side of the Glen, hence the name." I think this info was gleaned from Wikipedia but it does effectively describe what can be seen in this remote beauty spot.
23-Jun-21 • FotoFling Scotland • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
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Photos
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The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Open for business
Thelma (not her real name) eyed up the passing tourist with a practised eye as she leaned back against the doorframe. It was a look that piqued his interest but a sideways glance down her chest and pot belly, and provocatively posed slim white legs made him grimace slightly. Damn, she had caught his eye. Slut. "Are ye wantin' any business?" she cooed across the road to him. It made him break into an uncontrollable smile, but he kept walking. Far too old for that sort of thing, and she simply wasn't his type. Disgustingly he realised he was slightly flattered. Fortunately the thought brought him back to reality. He had seen a sign. " Glen Roy Ice Age Landscape" "Hmmm" he thought. I'll just take a gander up here and see what's going on. "What could the Glen Roy Ice Age Landscape be", he wondered. Is it some indoor themed display experience? Perhaps a big plastic mammoth and a stuffed woolly rhinocerous with a caveman depicted in a cavelike interior? He was intrigued. The single track road wound up and up through the trees as the mountain faces opened up around him. Further and further up into the hills as the sparcely spread cottages and ruins thinned out along the track, further away from the Glen Spean Brewery. Arriving at the viewing point he immediately noticed the 'parallel roads' markings on the hillside on either side of the glen and cut into the mountains up ahead. These lines were the shorelines of ancient icy lakes back in the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago. If you ever see it, it's really quite interesting.
26-Jul-22 • PentlandPirate: Slapdash Photography • flickr
roybridge highlands scotland redroofsofscotland 52244871025
Beinn a' Mhonicag summit
At 567m a great viewpoint over Glen Roy .
17-Nov-21 • Mrs Butterbur • flickr
uk gb lochaber scotland mountain glen roy 51686864018
Glen Roy rainbow
As we descended the north ridge of Beinn a' Mhonicag. The "Parallel Roads of Glen Roy," formed by a lake during the last ice age, can be seen on the right under the rainbow.
17-Nov-21 • Mrs Butterbur • flickr
iphone november autumn lochaber uk gb scotland mountain beinn a mhonicag 51687279779
Glen Roy
A stopover tonight in Roy Bridge so a re-visit (last seen in 2008) to Glen Roy where it is said "nowhere in Scotland can the dramatic effects of glacial ice on our landscape be seen more clearly" My caption from the last shot taken 13 years ago states "Glen Roy in the Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland is a National Nature Reserve and is noted for the geological puzzle of the three roads ("Parallel Roads"). The "Parallel Roads" of Glen Roy are lochterraces that formed along the shorelines of an ancient ice-dammed loch. The loch existed during a brief period (some 900-1,100 years in duration) of climatic deterioration, during a much longer period of deglaciation, subsequent to the last main ice age (The Devensian). From a distance they resemble man-made roads running along the side of the Glen, hence the name." I think this info was gleaned from Wikipedia but it does effectively describe what can be seen in this remote beauty spot.
23-Jun-21 • FotoFling Scotland • flickr
glenroy 51279715228
Glen Roy.
Glen Roy Ref No 20190921_140944. Copyright © Keith Long - All rights reserved
21-Sep-19 • cabsaab900 • flickr
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Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.