Glen Lochay
Glen Lochay runs from Glen Lyon over to Killin. It can be via a private road for which access is currently allowed. The road has a number of interesting potholes so be wary. This is a popular glen for hill walkers with
two big hills, tucked away at the far end of Glen Lochay, which are well guarded by the surrounding hills. Creag Mhor is perhaps the more straightforward of the two, but Beinn Heasgarnich is set in a wild tract of countryside and hides behind Stob an Fhir Bhogha to the south. To the east it is guarded by some rough peat moorland interspersed with numerous rocky outcrops. The road in Glen Lochay offers the only obvious approach.
Since an
archaeological
survey was undertaken in 1990 of the deserted township of Tirai and the immediate surroundings in Glen Lochay, recording sites from pre-historic to modern, with a preponderance of Medieval or Later Rural Settlement sites. When the work on the glen is completed there will be a substantial record of life and work in a Scottish glen.
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