2022

NS9658 : A Mysterious Track

taken 2 years ago, near to Breich, West Lothian, Scotland

A Mysterious  Track
A Mysterious Track
This still appears as a dead-end track on the latest maps, but this is the only point today at which it still resembles one. It doesn't appear to have been in use for a long while, but, on the other hand, in the grand scheme of things it isn't particularly old: there is no sign of it on a 1:10,000 1960s map.
It must have led to something fairly substantial once though, as it leads to a fairly large open space a short distance behind camera. Most of the ground is covered in hard-packed small gravelly stuff, like the old track, but there is also an area of tarmac present there. My guess is that it led to a small mining-related building, as there seems to have been something going on round here mining-wise for the last 200 years or so. Beyond the open hard area is a substantial bit of predominantly rush-covered land which has been deemed too wet to plant on. The open areas aren't shown on current zoomed-in mapping.

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Geographical Context: Paths Derelict, Disused Woodland, Forest Primary Subject: Track
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Track [5] · Area [2] · Plant [2] ·
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NS9658, 11 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ian Dodds   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 31 January, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 31 January, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 9649 5898 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:48.7772N 3:39.1984W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 9649 5898
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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Image Type (about): geograph  (Fourth Visitor for NS9658)
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