The woodland walk to the Hermitage at Inver Dunkeld, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland. SCO 5516
Apart from the 80-metre ascent at the midpoint, this walk is quite flat and suitable for most walkers. From the car park near Inver, the walk follows a minor road and footpath to reach the banks of the Tay at the mouth of the River Braan. A flat and wide riverside path leading through mature woodland follows Scotland's longest river northwards for about 3km. On the way you pass Niel Gow's Oak, where the well-known local fiddle player composed many of his tunes. The path leaves the river and, after passing beneath the A9 and a railway line, climbs steeply for a short distance into Craigvinean Forest, a woodland of enormous Douglas firs. A fairly level track leads back along the hillside, passing a folly built at a viewpoint over the Tay Valley. The track descends to the Hermitage, an ornamental woodland garden dating from the 1750s, where you will find a Hermit's Cave and Ossian's Hall, providing a viewpoint over the Falls of Braan.
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Location: The Hermitage Inver, Dunkeld, Perth & Kinross Tayside Scotland.
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