HILL SAFETY 1
HILL SAFETY 2
GLEN OGIL
An interesting glen from the point of view that you can have a walk of whatever distance you want. If you drive up the glen you will eventually arrive at a lodge where the tarred road ends. There is an old cottage on the left and, if you turn in front of it you will see another, derelict, cottage on your right. I was told, many years ago, by the head gamekeeper, to park at the gable end of this cottage, but it might be wise to contact him personally if you wish to walk on this estate. Again this is not a particularly interesting glen apart from the Glenogil reservoir which is full of wildlife and a beautiful spot on a nice day.
From a historical point of view the most interesting
feature in this glen is the very large cairn known
as "St. Arnold's Seat".
This cairn was originally named "St. Ennan's Seit", "Ennan" being a
corruption of "Adannan" or "Adamnan" who was St. Columba's biographer.
In 1678 it is seen on a map as "St. Arne's Seat" then, in 1745, it was "St.
Anne's Seat". It has also been called "St. Eunandis Seit" and
"St. Euand's Seit". This
is a good example of how place names change over the centuries and it is a
process which is still happening to-day!