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Sron A'Chlachain(521m)

Sunday 2nd June 2013

11kms

4hrs 30mins

We have passed through Killin on many occasions heading for The Lawers Range and surrounding hills, but today we were stopping smack in the centre of Killin at the car park adjacent to MacLaren Hall and heading for the hillside directly above the village and the humpback top of Sron a'Chlachain.

We set off across the parklands beyond MacLaren Hall, passing the fabled "Fingal's Stone" as Jim regaled the legend of how Fingal, the Celtic warrior of " The Giants Causeway" fame, was slain in a battle with a love rival and was buried at this spot, and headed into a fine old woodland area at the base of Sron a'Chlachain. There is a clearly defined path which climbs up through the woodland towards the open hillsides which offers and an ever increasing vista back over Loch Tay as height is gained.

The path is steep in places and skirts around a small grassy crag before it finally levels off as you approach what must be one of the largest summit cairns around, so large that you are tempted to walk around it looking for an entrance to some interior shell. In bright sunshine we settled down to a leisurely lunch on the broad grassy summit and just to sit and enjoy the sunshine for two weekends in a row. Surely that must be a record!

Our descent route took us generally north over the pathless, and quite steep, Creag nan Gabhar to pick up an old cart-track leading down to the Moirlanich Longhouse in Glen Lochay. The Longhouse, now owned by The National Trust for Scotland, provides an "insight into rural life in 19th-century Scotland. Practically unchanged since it was last lived in, this historic cruck-framed cottage still has many of its original features, including a 'hingin' lum' and box beds".

A short walk along the glen road and we were soon crossing the footbridge over the River Lochay and winding up a short path to the ruins of Finlarig Castle, hidden behind a layer of trees and shrubs - and in a very dangerous state of repair. An interesting site, given its history, which if you are interested can be found at: www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/killin/finlarig castle/

We completed the walk by following the old railway route to the shoreline of Loch Tay and then re-joined the old railway route back to the centre of Killin, before we had a very welcome "watering" stop in the Killin Hotel.

A fine little walk, with great views - thanks Jim

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