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[[File:Ossian's Cave front, The Hermitage.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Ossian's Cave, at The Hermitage]]
 
[[File:Ossian's Cave front, The Hermitage.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Ossian's Cave, at The Hermitage]]
 
{{county|Perthshire}}
 
{{county|Perthshire}}
'''Craigvinean Forest''' is awoodland a miles west of [[Dunkeld]] in [[Perthshire]], off the A9. It is accessed through a track at the foot of [[Deuchary Hill]].
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'''Craigvinean Forest''' is a woodland a mile west of [[Dunkeld]] in [[Perthshire]], off the A9. It is accessed through a track at the foot of [[Deuchary Hill]].
  
 
The [[River Braan]] bisects the forest and tumbles here through a series of fair cascades, known as the [[Falls of the Braan]].
 
The [[River Braan]] bisects the forest and tumbles here through a series of fair cascades, known as the [[Falls of the Braan]].
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==Folklore and folly==
 
==Folklore and folly==
[[File:River Braan at The Hermitage.JPG|left|thumb|200px|The Falls of the Braan by The Hermitage]]
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[[File:River Braan at The Hermitage.JPG|thumb|200px|The Falls of the Braan by The Hermitage]]
 
Legend tells that Ossian lived here, a third-century Celtic bard whose mother was turned into a deer by Fer Doirich.  He is said to have inhabited a cave which can be found on the north bank of the Braan located upstream from Ossian's Hall, a Victorian folly which is replete with Corinthian architrave and cornice. This folly was built on a horseshoe plan facing a waterfall and so amplifies the roaring sound of water.
 
Legend tells that Ossian lived here, a third-century Celtic bard whose mother was turned into a deer by Fer Doirich.  He is said to have inhabited a cave which can be found on the north bank of the Braan located upstream from Ossian's Hall, a Victorian folly which is replete with Corinthian architrave and cornice. This folly was built on a horseshoe plan facing a waterfall and so amplifies the roaring sound of water.
  
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==Outside links==
*map: {{wmap|56.560|-3.618}}
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*Location map: {{wmap|56.560|-3.618|zoom=14}}
  
 
[[Category:Forests of Perthshire]]
 
[[Category:Forests of Perthshire]]

Latest revision as of 18:46, 27 December 2018

Ossian's Cave, at The Hermitage

Craigvinean Forest is a woodland a mile west of Dunkeld in Perthshire, off the A9. It is accessed through a track at the foot of Deuchary Hill.

The River Braan bisects the forest and tumbles here through a series of fair cascades, known as the Falls of the Braan.

The Hermitage is to be found in a section of the forest.

Folklore and folly

The Falls of the Braan by The Hermitage

Legend tells that Ossian lived here, a third-century Celtic bard whose mother was turned into a deer by Fer Doirich. He is said to have inhabited a cave which can be found on the north bank of the Braan located upstream from Ossian's Hall, a Victorian folly which is replete with Corinthian architrave and cornice. This folly was built on a horseshoe plan facing a waterfall and so amplifies the roaring sound of water.

Outside links