Hell's Glen is a glen on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, within the Arrochar Alps. The B839 single track road passes through the glen. To the west, the glen leads to Loch Fyne and to the east Lochgoilhead. Glen Mhor (B828) joins the glen about half way along and leeds to Glen Croe at the Rest & be Thankful viewpoint.[1][2][3]
Hell's Glen
An Gleann Beag (Scottish Gaelic) | |
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Glen | |
 The road through Hell's Glen is the B839. | |
  Hell's Glen | |
| Coordinates: 56°13′01″N 4°56′46″W / 56.217°N 4.946°W | |
| Grid position | NN1820306549 |
| Location | Cowal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. |
| Formed by | glacial erosion |
| Native name | An Gleann Beag (Scottish Gaelic) |
The glen is named from its name in Gaelic, Glen Iarainn. This means "the Iron Glen" but sounds like the nearby Glen Ifhrinn which means "the Glen of Hell."[4] The glen is also known as An Gleann Beag, "the small glen", in Scottish Gaelic.
The glen is within the Argyll Forest Park that is itself within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.[5][6]
Mountains
editMountains around the glen are:
- Ben Donich (corbett) at 847 metres (2,779 ft).[7]
- Cruach nam Mult, (Graham) at 611 metres (2,005 ft)
- Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn, (Graham) at 658 metres (2,159 ft)
Moses' Well
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In the 19th century, a local minister constructed a spring in one of the rocks which was named after the incident in Exodus:
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Coaching horses would stop at the well to quench their thirst on their journey.[8] Moses' Well is a well known attraction in the southwest of the glen.[9]
References
edit- ^ https://lochgoilheadholidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Walking-Guide.pdf
- ^ "Gleann Beag, Cowal - Scotland's Hills". 2 April 2017.
- ^ "B839 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki". www.sabre-roads.org.uk.
- ^ "Among the Hills", Temple Bar, 27: 102, November 1869
- ^ "Argyll Forest Park". Forestry and Land Scotland.
- ^ Lomond, Loch; G83 8EG, The Trossachs National Park Authority Carrochan Carrochan Road Balloch. "Here. Now. All of us". Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ben Donich - Corbett (Walkhighlands)". Walkhighlands.
- ^ William Gunn; Charles Thomas Clough; Jethro Justinian Harms Teall (1897), The geology of Cowal, p. 286
- ^ "Tour Scotland: Old Photograph Moses Well Hell's Glen Scotland".
External links
edit- Map sources for Hell's Glen
- Forest and Land Scotland, Argyll Forest Park - Official Webpage
- Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park - Official Webpage
- Met Office, Arrochar - Official Webpage
- Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance - Official Webpage
- Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team - Official Webpage
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