GLEN NEVIS LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN View from Blarmafoldach ...

Edge of the Tollie Vestige of site upland birch GLEN NEVIS LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN
area running into woodland along the burn. This View from Blarmafoldach towards Blar a
Glen Nevis has now been consolidated Chaorainn
with further native woodland
Area felled of planting up into the corrie. Landscape Character
commercial conifers
and restocked with Mulach Nan Corean. West Highland Way runs More intimate agricultural Public highway. Also
site native through the middle landscape at lower elevation the FC ownership
broadleaves. foreground. focussed around the crofting boundary.
lands. Defined by a series of
Meall a Chaorainn small knolls and fine scale
drainage pattern.

The wider landscape is The scale of the landscape is generally large
defined by high mountainous and open but reduces considerably at lower
landscape character with elevations and particularly around the farm
high ridges and deep corries land.

GLEN NEVIS LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN
View from Blarmafoldach towards Blar a
Chaorainn

Lines of visual force

Lines of visual force

Upward (Hollows/ valleys)

Downwards (Ridges)

GLEN NEVIS LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN
View from Blarmafoldach towards Blar a
Chaorainn

New Planting proposals

Area felled and Recently planted Proposed new planting: Modest Area of upland birch Retain the most prominent
restocked with site birch and Scots pine areas of productive conifers punctuated by pine-rich knolls as features in the
native broadleaves. woodland extending sitting between the small-scale woodland on the knolls landscape from outside and
up into the corrie. broadleaved woodland and the fading out to low density viewing points outward
more extensive birch/ pine montane woodland running from the West Highland
woodland. up the mountain flanks. Way.

New planting scheme will Proposed new planting: New planting pattern relates the landform Line of fences and access
tie in with the small areas Small-scale areas of and emphasises a semi-natural character tracks will not be visible
of woodland in the broadleaved woodland to with open farmland at the lower levels from this view and will
foreground and focussed manage the integration through managed woodlands on the quickly be absorbed into
around the farm settlement. between more intimate middle slopes through birch and pine the overall structure of the
farmland and extensive woodland to upper montane scrub and woodland.
woodland behind. open peaks.

The scale of the landscape is large GLEN NEVIS LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN
this distant views along and across View from the Callert Path
the glen with a relative naturalness
and sense of wildness. Landscape character

Area is characterised by sweeping Mulach Nan Area of rock and The flanks of the Extent of Forestry Stob Ban is a
peaks and high mountain massif. Corean is a scree covering an mountains are Commission Munro.
The Allt na Lairige Moire runs Munro. extensive area of the punctuated by deeply ownership. The
through the glen meeting the River southern corner of incised gullies and river is the
Kiachnich at Lochan Lunn Da Bhra Meall a Chaorainn. corries. southern boundary.

Edge of a West Highland The West Highland The vegetation is heavily grazed West Highland
spruce Way running Way runs through throughout the Forestry Way running from
retention at towards Glen on a fairly Commission landholding. There Kinlochleven.
Lundavra Wood Nevis consistent are still some sheep grazing this
contour. area. There are very few remnants
of woodland vegetation.

GLEN NEVIS LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN
View from the Callert Path
Lines of Visual Force

Lines of visual force
Upward (Hollows/ valleys)
Downwards (Ridges)

Edge of Lundavra Wood. Upland birch woodland Area of rock and scree. Maintain as a GLEN NEVIS LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN
Long term plans to with some groups of largely open feature and break in the View from the Callert Path
restock as site native pine/ birch woodland woodland. Maintains a strong sense
broadleaves but on the more prominent of place and provides contrast to the New Planting proposals
currently has small knolls. woodland along the West Highland
retentions of spruce. Way. Proposals highlight the relative
naturalness and sense of wildness and
seek to compliment both these
characteristics while diversifying the
experience of the landscape

Establish riparian woodland Indicative line of deer fence. Retain the areas of bog as Line of access tracks
along the Lairig. This will This will be gridded and open habitat. Plant the drier will quickly be absorbed
assist in improving the gated at the interface with sites with woodland. This into the woodland
quality of the aquatic habitat. the West Highland Way. will help with the transition setting.
between woodland and open
habitat.