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About Quarrel Wood
Quarrel Wood commands a hilltop position overlooking Elgin, the Moray Firth and surrounding countryside.
The wood is on the site of an ancient semi-natural Oakwood which has had some underplanting of Beech and conifers.
Near the top of the hill is a 4000 year old henge. There is also a complex of sandstone quarries which has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of the very rare reptile fossils found there.
The woods are managed through the Quarrel Wood Woodland Park Association in co-operation with Forestry Commission Scotland and Moray Council with recreation, conservation and education as the prime objectives.
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How to get there:
Quarrel Wood is in Forests of Moray and Aberdeenshire.
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
Elgin is the nearest town or village.
OS Grid Reference: NJ174635
For details of public transport visit http://www.travelinescotland.com
For details of public transport visit http://www.travelinescotland.com
Facilities:
Activities
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Circular waymarked trails guide you through the wood. Look out for the stone footprints! Elginia Trail Ancestors Trail |
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A permanent orienteering course is set out in the wood starting from the Leggat car park. Maps can be obtained from Moravian Orienteers. |
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Cutties Hillock is where the rare fossils of Elginia and Gordonia were found, and throughout Quarrel Wood you will find old quarries whose sandstone you will recognise in many local buildings. |
Contact:
Lesley Hutcheson01466 794161
e-mail: lesley.hutcheson@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
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