A short
easy walk through a field then along a dirt road above the Capel Burn leads gently up
into a secluded glen.
View
back to Mitchellslacks farm from the track leading into the
glen of the Capel water.
Locherben
Farm on the other side of the Capel Burn from Mitchellslacks.
Summit of
Wee Queensberry can be seen from this hill above the sheep
pens. At this point the hill walker can decide to take the
longer route via the summit of Wee Queensberry or make
a direct ascent of Queensberry.
The longer route will add
about an hour on to the time needed for the walk.
Drystane
walls and sheep pens are to be found all over the hills of
Dumfries and Galloway. These structures date back some
two centuries or more to a time of agricultural change
referred to as the 'enclosures'.
To
maximize their incomes, the lairds enclosed large areas
of open hills and leased them as separate farms.
This structure is quite unusual in that the it comprises
linked circles or ' buchts', single units are more usual.
