Firmounth - Oak Wood Traditional Cache
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This route takes you from the Deeside Way at Dinnet into Glen Tanar. We follow part of the ancient drove road- the ‘Firmounth’- and pass through Dinnet Oakwood. The route consists of a mixture of grass surfaces, crushed stone and unmade road. The route has direction signs to indicate the way and is suitable for walking and cycling.
Please take note of any warning and information signs that the Ranger Service and the Estate have displayed.
The recommended starting point (and the notes are written for this direction) is from Dinnet and ends near to the Glen Tanar Visitor Centre. It is also possible to follow the route in the other direction. There is a ‘pay and display’ car park clearly signposted at Glen Tanar and the recommended parking at Dinnet is the car park at the crossroads in the centre of the village.
These caches have been placed by agreement with Glen Tanar.
As you walk along this path you are walking through an area of oak woodland. Much of Britain was covered by forest before modern farming took over the land. The last extensive oak woodlands were cut down to build ships for the Royal Navy in the 18th century. This oakwood was mostly planted in the 19th Century. In spring, a single oak tree produces both male flowers (as catkins) and small female flowers. The fruit is a nut called an acorn, carried in a cup-like structure. Each acorn normally has one seed and takes many months to mature. Oak trees can live for many centuries.
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