Corgarff
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Corgarff (Template:Lang-gd) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in the Grampian Mountains. The nearby Corgarff Castle was used as a military barracks in the 18th century.[1] The hamlet's primary school closed in 1998.[1]
Amenities
Corgarff Church was built in the 1830s by Sir Charles Forbes and closed in 2005. The church is rectangular, has windows on only one side and a bellcote. [2]
Corgarff Village Hall was built in 1893. It houses an art exhibition featuring local artists and is used for polling. [3]
The Corgarff War Memorial is between the Village Hall and Church. It is a grey granite cairn and was unveiled in 1920 by The Right Honourable Harold Tennant of Edinglassie. [4]
Art Installations
“A Moment In Time” by Louise Gardiner is a large stone installation with a poem carved into the stone, which was designed to frame telescopic views of Corgarff Castle by looking through the spy holes. One looks towards the vast landscape, the other looks towards the castle.A Moment In Times poem in full is “Take a moment to behold as still skies or storms unfold, warm your soul before you go, in sun, rain, sleet or snow.” [5]
“The Watchers” by John Kennedy, are four sculptural iron seats that are reminiscent of a stone circle, of which there are over 150 stone circles in Aberdeenshire alone. “The Watchers” overlook Corgarff Castle and the Cairngorms and provide shelter from the winds. [6]
Corgarff Flora and Fauna
Most of the heather moors around Corgarff are managed for grouse. Narrow strips of heather, Ideally about half an hectare, are burned on a 7-10 year cycle creating a distinctive mosaic pattern on the hills. The burnt heather quickly sprouts forming fresh young shoots, the main food for the red grouse. The taller heather offers the grouse nesting sites and protection from predators such as foxes and carrion crow. Listen out for the go-back call of the red grouse.
The mountain hare is a feature of the moorlands of Scotland, its white coat in winter making it very distinctive on land without snow. In summer there is a blue tinge to its coat, hence its alternative name, the blue hare.
Orchids are present around Corgarff. Betwean June and July the pale lilac flowers of the heath-spotted orchid can be seen. The distinctive spotted leaves make this orchid easy to identify.
The farmland around the River Don provides a breeding ground for waders auch as redshank and lapwing. The redshank can be identified by its red legs.In flight it has a white triangular rump patch and white triangles on the tailing edges of the wings. The hysterical calls of the redshank at the approach of man has earned it the name "sentinel of the marshes". Lapwing are easily recognisable by their long crests, black and white under-markings and loud pee-wit call. [7]
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Corgarff". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- ^ "Corgarff Church, Strathdon - Strathdon, Grampian - Places of Worship in Scotland | SCHR". www.scottishchurches.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "Corgarff Community Hall — Cafe in Strathdon, Corgarff, Strathdon AB36 8YP, UK,". strathdon-scotland.all-uk.online. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "Corgarff". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ www.snowroads.com https://www.snowroads.com/places/the-watchers-art-installation-and-a-moment-in-time. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The Watchers | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ Gordon District Council (1990). Corgarff. Corgarff hamlet: Gordon District Tourist Board.
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