Grid reference NN0787
near to River Mallie [water Feature], Highland, Great Britain
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Ruins of Glenmallie cottage
Little changed since Andy Waddington's visit 3 years ago NN0787 : Glenmallie We used it as a convenient lock-up for the bikes, and a base to head off up the Corbett of Meall a’ Phuibill just to the WSW.
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Footbridge over The Mallie
Old rickety footbridge with crosses the River Mallie. A ruin lies just beyond which this bridge would once serve.
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Bridge over the River Mallie
Unmarked on the 1:50,000 but on the 1:25,000. Leaning at quite an angle. Idon't think I'd trust it!
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River Mallie
The River Mallie in Glen Mallie.
Gulvain is the distant, snow-patched mountain.
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Glenmallie
The ruin in Glenmallie continues to decay, the front door having disappeared since NN0787 : Glen Mallie was taken. The old horsebox providing shelter in NN0787 : Ruined croft, Glenmallie has, however, been replaced with a newly constructed open shelter, complete with... ( more)
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Rough track heading west through Glen Mallie
A well-made (but unattractive) estate road runs from Achnacarry into Glen Mallie as far as the ruined building at Glenmallie. The route continues beyond Glenmallie but, as here, is largely an unmade, rough track created by multiple passes... (more)
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The burn in the valley
This is the Allt a’ Chàm Dhoire, which drains the glen between Monadh Beag on the north side, and the Druim Gleann Laoigh on the south side. Easily paddled on a dry day.
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Glenmallie
This ruin lost its roof during the 1980s. The Mountain Bothies Association offered to repair it, but the estate were afraid of its remoteness and it becoming a base for poachers.
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Ruined croft, Glenmallie
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River Mallie
The bridge, which I had used once in the past, is now in a very poor state of repair and has been removed from the 1:50 000 map on the latest edition.
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Ruined house at Glenmallie
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Folded rocks in the burn
The cut-off cross section of a steeply dipped anticline, showing clearly in the bed of the burn.
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