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Dist:0.2km<br/>The path leads straight ahead, then turns sharply right (east); see [[1902999]] for a view westwards along that section of the route. It then resumes its northward course, as shown in [[1902998]].

See the last-cited link, above, for the large building visible in the background, on the right.

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.2km<br/>The photograph was taken from the footpath junction shown in [[1936801]], and is a view along the path that is shown branching off to the left in that photograph.

For the next section of this path, see [[1933481]].

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.3km<br/>These are the same markings as are shown in [[1575791]] (see that item for the details), but here they are viewed from above, in sunnier conditions.

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.3km<br/>The rock outcrop shown here is located beside [[930476]]; that path is visible in the background.

The marks on the rock are not visible from this distance, but they include (1) several sets of cup-and-ring markings – http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1575791 – at the upper right part of the outcrop (i.e., the part nearest the footpath), and (2) a cluster of cup marks – http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1575795 – on the part of the outcrop that is jutting out towards the left-hand edge of the photo.

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.3km<br/>The raised lip surrounding several of these cups makes it clear that the marks are not simply the result of weathering. Also visible nearby are [[1575791]]; see that item for the main description of the site.

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.3km<br/>I first photographed these markings in June 2002; I returned in November 2009 to locate the position of the outcrop more precisely. Although the site was not (at the time of my submitting this photo) shown in Canmore, the archaeology officer for Falkirk District informs me that the site had already been recorded.

See [[1936702]] for a different view. The outcrop is shown in context at [[1575815]].

Despite the poor lighting conditions prevailing at the time, at least four pairs of cup-and-ring marks can be seen in this photo: the most prominent pair is at the front; its ring has a diameter of 16cm. The pair behind that is also fairly clear. Behind that, there are two more pairs, side by side, but they are a little fainter; the one on the left has a more visible ring than the one on the right.

Nearby, on the same outcrop, is a cluster of cup marks: [[1575795]].

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.3km<br/>The fields of Mydub.

©Robert Murray

Dist:0.3km<br/>From a three-way [[1903017]], one branch leads uphill, heading south towards Chacefield Wood; for the view back along that part of the route, see [[1902998]], which was taken at the point where that ascending footpath turns sharply to the west.

The present photograph was taken from the same sharp turning, and shows the footpath leading westwards for a distance of 140 metres, after which it turns left to resume its southward course; see [[1933481]] for a view along that section of the route.

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.3km<br/>A keek through the beech hedge at the rest of the wood, without the houses built on it.

©Richard Webb

Dist:0.3km<br/>The path that continues straight ahead leads to the Old Railway Line Path (see [[1936826]]).

The one branching off to the left is a [[1936813]]; see that item for a view along the path, as seen from the junction.

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.3km<br/>The photograph shows part of the area that lies between Chacefield Wood, whose southern edge can be seen on the left, and Drove Loan (on whose name, see [[1903070]]).

Some of the chimneys of Grangemouth Refinery are just visible in the distance, near the centre of the image. To the right, some tower blocks in Falkirk can also be seen.

The photograph was taken from the point where the path shown in [[1936708]] enters the woods.

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.3km<br/>The footpath leads from Drove Loan to the woods. For a view in the opposite direction, and for further details, see [[1903070]].

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.4km<br/>There are several woodland walks in Chacefield Wood, and the Wood itself can be accessed from various points, e.g., from Head of Muir to the west, from Drove Loan to the south, or from the old railway line path to the east.

©Lairich Rig

Dist:0.4km<br/>Mydub farm to the left of centre with Cuthelton farm to the right. The enormous petro-chemical plant at Grangemouth can be glimpsed on the horizon.

©Robert Murray

Dist:0.4km<br/>Old industrial land now covered in young woodland. Opposite Denny High School.

©Richard Webb

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