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About Elginia Trail
This circular trail on forest tracks and paths leads to Cutties Hillock Quarry and viewpoint.
Follow the footprints of Elginia Mirabilis, a prehistoric reptile whose fossils were found nearby. Replicas can be seen at Elgin Museum.
- Check before you go - for details of trail closures, diversions and changes to listed events see the updates page.
How to get there:
Elginia Trail can be started from Quarrel Wood in Forests of Moray and Aberdeenshire. Elgin is the nearest town or village.
For Brumley Brae: leave the A96 at Eight-Acres Hotel, on the west side of Elgin, on to Morriston Road. Continue for approximately half a mile, then turn left at the road signposted 'Pet Centre' on to Brumley Brae. The car park is on the left hand side approximately a quarter mile uphill (before the pet centre). Grid reference NJ198634
For Leggat: take the A96 from Elgin towards Inverness. Drive past the Eight Acres Hotel and Oakwood on your right and take the next road on your right, signed to Rosebrae. Look out for the car park about 300 metres on the right. Grid Reference NJ174635
OS Grid Reference: NJ174635
For details of public transport visit http://www.travelinescotland.com
| Quarrel Wood Facilities. |
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Trail waymarking:
Reptile Footprints |
| Length of trail: 3 miles |
| Approximate time of trail: 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Open or closed: open |
| Click here to find out what else you can do in this forest. |
Contact: |
| Lesley Hutcheson 01466 794161 e-mail: lesley.hutcheson@forestry.gsi.gov.uk |
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