15/05/07 Karen, Jo and Sheila .This was difficult to find! Cycled from Ballater up th Lary roadand past laggan cottage. Found remains of 'unfinished chapel' above the footbridge. Vegetation a bit different to below!
12/08/08 Dave and Kathy
This was part 1 of our tour of upper Gairnside. Started at the Gairnshiel bridge and biked the path on the N side of the river to Dalfad. It was pretty wet and rutted, then we lost it altogether after Tomnavey. Ended up riding across the fields, which was probably no worse than the track. The chapel is difficult to find unless you know exactly where to look. I took a printout of the 1:25000 map from the link above. If you go down the track from 316009 until it bends east, then there is a gate into a field on the N side of the track. Go uphill to the right across this field, into the woods, then continue uphill for another 100m. The chapel is on a flatter area. It is just a square of stones, there is an information board which says it was never finished because the men all died at Culloden. Not much to see here then, but the glen itself is pretty. There is also another ruined chapel a little further up the track to the north, a ruined manse very close by, and a still used chapel near the bridge.
12/08/08 Dave and Kathy
This was part 1 of our tour of upper Gairnside. Started at the Gairnshiel bridge and biked the path on the N side of the river to Dalfad. It was pretty wet and rutted, then we lost it altogether after Tomnavey. Ended up riding across the fields, which was probably no worse than the track. The chapel is difficult to find unless you know exactly where to look. I took a printout of the 1:25000 map from the link above. If you go down the track from 316009 until it bends east, then there is a gate into a field on the N side of the track. Go uphill to the right across this field, into the woods, then continue uphill for another 100m. The chapel is on a flatter area. It is just a square of stones, there is an information board which says it was never finished because the men all died at Culloden. Not much to see here then, but the glen itself is pretty. There is also another ruined chapel a little further up the track to the north, a ruined manse very close by, and a still used chapel near the bridge.
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