The Parallel Roads of Glenroy [Glen Roy], Invernesshire

Category

Library Item

Item no

14995

Title

The Parallel Roads of Glenroy [Glen Roy], Invernesshire

Description

A group of men are gathered on a rocky ledge looking over a mountainous landscape. A narrow road winds its way through the valley and there are small trees on the steep hillsides.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1815

Size

27 x 47 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy are geological formations created by the formation and drainage of a series of ice-dammed lakes which formed in the glens during the last ice age. They were famous during the 19th century, when they attracted the founding fathers of modern geology, such as Charles Darwin and Reverend William Buckland. Today they are protected as Sites of Specific Scientific Interest.

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Landscape > Land > Hills

People > Adults > Men

Places > Scotland > Inverness-shire

Plants > Trees > Trees

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

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