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From Mid Auchencarroch Farm.

NS4182 : Mid Auchencarroch Farm is visible in the background of this photograph. [Note: the "Auchen-"/"Auchin-" variation is not a typing mistake; rather, the road, a nearby hill, and the local farms have adopted different spellings of... (more)

The road is called Auchincarroch Road. This section of it is shown in the opposite direction in NS4282 : Road near Easter Auchencarroch Farm. In the present picture, Easter Auchencarroch Farm is ahead, on the right.

Looking north-eastward.

As NS4282 : Auchincarroch Road, near Mid Auchencarroch Farm, but with a clearer view ahead. See that item for the Auchen-/Auchin- variation. NS4182 : Mid Auchencarroch Farm itself is in an adjacent grid square.

Close to a NS4282 : Field gate beside Auchincarroch Road, an oak tree bore many of these galls, which are caused by the gall wasp species Biorhiza pallida. They are sometimes popularly confused with NS3878 : Oak marble galls, but the latter are smaller, very hard, and more regularly... (more)

Compare NS4282 : New house and driveway; the present picture is intended to provide more context. At the time of submission, the house, though occupied, was new, and did not yet appear on the OS map. [Update (2019): large-scale mapping calls the house... (more)

The photo was taken from the roadside. For the background details, see: NS4282 : The turning for Easter Auchencarroch Farm.

The distant farm buildings located centrally in the view are those of Easter Blairquhanan (NS42138311). Ben Lomond (NN3602) can be seen at the far right.

The gate is about 60 metres to the west of Blairquhomrie Cottages. The trees that can be seen on the right, arranged in a line receding into the distance, are growing alongside a burn, one of several that combine to form the Carrochan Burn.

The farm buildings are located on Auchincarroch Road. See NS4383 : Auchincarroch Road for representations of this farm on old maps.

The picture was taken from NS4282 : Auchincarroch Road, near Mid Auchencarroch Farm; the road is part of one of the local council's core paths.