Map incomplete. Forestry and Land Scotland’s line for this walk is about 4 miles of the 5.5 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing. See the whole route on the publisher’s page.
Up and down
About 481 m of climbing and 188 m of descent; highest point 518 m.
StartHighest point 518 mFinish, 4 miles mapped
History
The Mither Tap Quarry Trail, from Back o' Bennachie in Aberdeenshire, is, Forestry and Land Scotland says, the longest route to the Mither Tap, and it also visits Bennachie's highest summit, Oxen Craig. On the way it passes the old quarry at Little Oxen Craig, where, FLS says, stone was cut in the 1800s to build houses in nearby villages; FLS also tells walkers to look out for a sculpture installed there. The Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record describes the site as the remains of a small granite lintel quarry, worked by Andrew Fordyce from about 1850 to 1891 and not shown on the first or second edition Ordnance Survey maps; it closed when its track was washed away. A site visit in 2014 recorded ledges where slabs had been split off using small plug and feather holes, bore holes for blasting at the east end, four large lintels about 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 m) long, and terraces or trackways below with piles of waste stone.
Back o' Bennachie (pay), 180 m from the start. Directions NJ 661 244
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at School, 1.8 km away (Directions); Insch station, 4.6 km away (Directions).
SC 1599Larick Trail, Back o' BennachieShares 0.5 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Back o' Bennachie car park and Oyne. This route starts on it at Back o' Bennachie car park.
Route line: Forestry and Land Scotland, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry and Land Scotland).
