Stac Pollaidh Mountain
Stac Pollaidh means "peak of the peat moss",As mountains go, this one is extremely accessible, with a public car park at its base. Over the years this had led to heavy use and severe erosion. As a result the southern side grew to resemble a peat-bog, and those on its rear a very large sand dune. Since the 1970s a great deal of work has been done by the Nature Conservancy Council now Scottish Natural Heritage to retrieve the mountain from the effects of our boots, and an extensive path building and restoration programme has taken place. The local area is a virtual classroom and study area for Geologists with Knockan cliff only a few miles away.
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