Puck's Glen
| Puck's Glen | |
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Puck's Glen: path up ravine, with waterfalls
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| Coordinates | 56°00′48″N 4°57′40″W / 56.013207°N 4.961069°WCoordinates: 56°00′48″N 4°57′40″W / 56.013207°N 4.961069°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cowal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. |
| Country | Scotland |
| OS grid | NS 14706 84349 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Glen |
Puck's Glen is a river-formed ravine on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, with a popular scenic walking trail beside the Eas Mòr stream (Gaelic for "big waterfall"). It comes under the Forestry Commission which highlights it as a feature of the Argyll Forest Park (itself within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park), and describes it as "One of the most magical forests in Scotland, with a delightful trail along a rocky gorge."
The stream tumbles down a series of waterfalls and rapids, joining the River Eachaig about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) south of the entrance to the Benmore Botanic Garden. A car park off the A815 road (about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Dunoon on the road to Loch Eck) gives access by a track to the foot of the glen path, as well as forest paths giving an alternative route to the top of the glen.
The Benmore Estate, previously hunting grounds of the Campbells of Ballochyle, was improved by a succession of owners in the 19th century. Forestry plantation began in the 1820s, and extensive garden improvements were made from 1862 by James Piers Patrick. The Ordnance Survey from 1865 shows the Eas Mòr gorge extending uphill through a small area of woodland into open moorland with some trees in the ravine.
In 1870 the Greenock sugar refiner and philanthropist James Duncan bought the estate, and added the adjacent Kilmun and Bernice Estates. He arranged extensive plantings, including more than six million trees around the estate, and added paths leading up the Eas Mòr gorge for his visitors to enjoy the magical atmosphere of the glen, reminiscent of the mythological Puck, the character Puck in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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