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An easier walk leads from Glen Doll car park to Corrie Fee , a spectacular glacial hol-
low in the edge of the mountain plateau (4.5 miles round trip, waymarked).
Glen Clova Hotel ( 01575-550350; www.clova.com ; s/d from £60/90, bunkhouse per
person £17; ) is a lovely old drover's inn near the head of the glen and a great place to
get away from it all. As well as 10 comfortable, country-style, en suite rooms (one with a
four-poster bed), it has a bunkhouse out the back, a rustic, stone-floored climbers' bar
with a roaring log fire, and a bay-windowed restaurant (mains £9-16; noon-8pm Sun-
Thu, to 9pm Fri & Sat; ) with views across the glen. The menu includes haggis, ven-
ison casserole and vegetarian lasagne, and there's a separate children's menu.
GLEN LETHNOT
This glen is noted for the Brown & White Caterthuns - two extraordinary Iron Age hill
forts, defended by ramparts and ditches, perched on twin hilltops at its southern end. A
minor road crosses the pass between the two summits, and it's an easy walk to either fort
from the parking area in the pass; both are superb viewpoints. If you don't have a car, you
can walk there from Brechin (6 miles) or from Edzell (5 miles).
GLENESK
The most easterly of the Angus Glens, Glenesk runs for 15 miles from Edzell to lovely
Loch Lee , surrounded by beetling cliffs and waterfalls. Ten miles up the glen from Edzell
is Glenesk Folk Museum ( www.gleneskretreat.co.uk ; adult/child £2/1; noon-6pm
Apr-Oct) , an old shooting lodge that houses a fascinating collection of antiques and arte-
facts documenting the local culture of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It also has a
tearoom, restaurant and gift shop, and has public internet access.
Five miles further on, the public road ends at Invermark Castle , an impressive ruined
tower guarding the southern approach to the Mounth, a hill track to Deeside.
Edzell
POP 785
The picturesque village of Edzell, with its broad main street and grandiose monumental
arch, dates from the early 19th century when Lord Panmure decided that the original me-
dieval village, a mile to the west, spoiled the view from Edzell Castle. The old village was
razed and the villagers moved to this pretty, planned settlement.
Lord Panmure's predecessors as owners of Edzell Castle (HS; adult/child £5/3;
9.30am-5.30pm Apr-Sep) were the Lindsay earls of Crawford, who built this 16th-century