Falls of Moness, Aberfeldy

Category

Library Item

Item no

24473

Title

Falls of Moness, Aberfeldy

Description

A dramatic picture of the Falls of Moness as the Moness Burn tumbles down through the gorge, over rocks and trees, to an unseen point out to the right hand side of the picture.

Artist / maker

Valentine, James

Date

1865

Size

18.0 x 11.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Falls of Moness are a waterfall in Aberfeldy, in Perthshire. The falls carry the Moness Burn through a gorge and through the woodland around it which makes up the Birks of Aberfeldy. The word Birks is Scots for Birch Trees and the woodland is thought to have been in existence for the last 8000 years and thus is designated as a site of special scientific interest.

There is a well known circular walk through the wood with the falls and gorge at the centre of it. The poet Robert Burns wrote a song about the Birks of Aberfeldie and there is a now a sculpture of Burns sitting in the spot he is said to have sat whilst writing the song.

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Landscape > Land > Gorges

Landscape > Land > Woods and forests

Landscape > Water > Waterfalls

Places > Scotland > Perthshire

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

Plants > Trees > Birch Trees

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