Glenkinglass

the THIRD glen up the east side of Loch Etive above Bonawe, beyond Glenoe and Glenliver

1340829_9a6793f8.jpg

Glenkinglass furnace 1725 - 1738 in the economic depression - replaced by the Bonawe furnace
https://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/9170 review of charcoal furnaces
https://canmore.org.uk/site/23486/glen-kinglass-ironworks CANMORE

Acharn

Narrachan

Important native woodlands
Best visited by boat - https://etiveboattrips.co.uk/boat_trips/

Mentioned several times in the Brian Doogan Blackmount

Owned by Campbell of Lochnell in the 1700s when the furnace was started.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/]

later maps
first OS 1871 https://maps.nls.uk/view/228776002
second OS 1899 https://maps.nls.uk/view/75482863
further up the glen https://maps.nls.uk/view/228776005
https://maps.nls.uk/view/75482932

images of Glenkinglass and peoples walks etc
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1340829
https://www.fir-rigg.org.uk/Kinglass/glen.htm
https://otatscotland.co.uk/new-blog/bikepackingglenkinglass

April 2021 - a walk up to the watershed of Glenkinglass from Inverawe to Loch Dochard
https://youtu.be/e1D3fc0bxmo


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