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Glen Einich Shieling Path
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Starting from
Coylumbridge
'This route is only suitable for those with some hillwalking experience, particularly in winter and spring when the hills are snow-covered. On a dry summer day, however, it should present no problems.’
Type of Walk
Longer distance range
Distance (miles)
9
DESCRIPTION FROM
Area
‘This is the path the people of the townships in the Rothiemurchus area took to their summer shielings. The purpose of travelling to the shielings was to take the cattle and give the ground time to recover.' (A shieling is ‘a hut, or collection of huts, once common in wild or lonely places in the hills and mountains of Scotland and northern England’, [Wikipedia])
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