Outdoor
Learning - Highland Perthshire
East Tempar
East Tempar
and West Tempar were settlements through which the road to the Isles ran. The
track can still be seen.
Schiehallion
from the East Tempar Track - in Feb 2009
Schiehallion
from the East Tempar Track - Feb 2009
Alder at
East Tempar Burn
Ash at
the East Tempar Burn
Dyke at
East Tempar
Dyke at
East Tempar
Dyke at
East Tempar
Dyke at
East Tempar
Dyke at
East Tempar
Dyke at
East Tempar
Dyke at
East Tempar
Dyke at
East Tempar - note the A shape in the collapsed section.
Diseased
Elm at East Tempar - probably killed by dutch elm disease. It is now being attacked
by bracket fungi.
Granodioirite
erratic at East Tempar. It was carried here by the eastward flowing ice that
came from Rannoch Moor.
Lime Kiln
at East Tempar. The tree growing out of it is a bird cherry. At one time limestone
was quarried in the vicinity and processed in the kiln to produce fertiliser.
A depression where
limestone was quarried for the kiln.
Schiehallion from
the road near East Tempar
A well
formed beech at East Tempar. Beech is not a native tree but adds to the landscape.
The first
gateway on the East Tempar Track.
The Schiehallion
Boulder BedThe pink
granite pebbles can be seen in the photograph. It is thought that they were
carried by floating ice from a mass of granite which existed in the region of
Greenland about 600 million years ago.
The Schiehallion
Boulder Bed at East Tempar
The stump
of a beech that was felled because the wind was blowing it over. It turned out
to be hollow.
