By James Carron
The Mounth Roads is the collective name given to a network of ancient rights of way – long established tracks and trails that traverse the Mounth, a broad upland at the eastern end of the Grampian Mountains, in north-east Scotland.
Crossing mountains and hills and weaving through glens and over moorland, they were historically vital links for cattle drovers, shepherds, soldiers, traders, smugglers, tinkers, and thieves.
Most ultimately fell by the wayside in the 19th century, the old byways superseded by turnpike roads and the railways.
Now they are the preserve of walkers, backpackers, and mountain bikers.
This fully illustrated guide with colour photographs and maps describes walks along 11 of the Mounth Roads, from the more challenging high-level Monega Pass, Capel Mounth, Mounth Keen, Firmounth, Fungle and Tolmounth – better known as Jock’s Road – to the lower, more easterly Stockmounth, Builg Mounth, Cryne Corse, Elsick Mounth and Causey Mounth.
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James Carron 