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The Mack Walks: Short Walks in Scotland Under 10 Km Wormit The Mack Walks: Short Walks in Scotland Under 10 km Wormit-Balmerino Abbey Circuit (Fife) Route Summary An interesting coastal walk in a very scenic area with lots of ups and downs on the undulating route taking in views of the Tay Estuary and mixed woodland. The Tay Rail Bridge and the pretty hamlet of Balmerino, with its ancient abbey ruins, are particularly memorable features. Duration: 3.5 hours. Route Overview Duration: 3.5 hours. Transport/Parking: Frequent Stagecoach buses pass through Wormit. Check timetables. Free parking at the walk start/end point. Length: 8.750 km / 5.47 mi Height Gain: 223 meter. Height Loss: 223 meter. Max Height: 57 meter. Min Height: 2 meter. Surface: Moderate. mostly on a good, well-maintained path. At the mid-point, some walking on minor roads, followed by a 1 km section on a rougher track through woodland before returning on the Coastal Path. Difficulty: Medium. Child Friendly: Yes, if children are used to walks of this distance and overall ascent. Dog Friendly: Yes, dogs on lead on public roads and in the sections through fields with (Highland) cattle. Refreshments: Options in Newport-on-Tay and Dundee. Description This very pleasant walk, much of it on the Fife Coastal path, provides stunning views of the Tay Rail Bridge and fine views over the Tay Estuary to Dundee. The houses and cottages in the extended hamlet at Balmerino, many once abandoned, are charming and pretty, and now much sought after. The focal point on the route is the ruins of Balmerino Abbey in a tree-lined glade, and now maintained by the National Trust for Scotland. Founded in the early 13th C by monks from Melrose Abbey it was burned in 1547 by an English army and damaged again in 1559 as part of the Scottish Reformation. Due to plundering for building stone, only the smaller support structures to the north survive, most notable of which are the fan-vaulted cloisters. The grounds are notable for an ancient Spanish Chestnut Tree, believed to be over 400 years old. After ascending to the white-washed cottages of Kirkton of Balmerino on the return leg, the route passes through mixed woodland with high views over the Estuary before dropping back to the Coastal Path for the final section. The walk starts and finishes at a memorial to the 75 lives lost in the Tay Bridge Disaster. At its completion, the bridge was considered an engineering marvel and won international acclaim. However, during a violent storm on Sunday 28th December 1879, the bridge collapsed as a train from Burntisland to Dundee passed over it, killing all aboard. As a result, future bridge designs had far more rigorous specifications. Balmerino contains a number of 18th and 19th century houses and is now an official Conservation Area. It was described in verse by Dundee’s celebrated (perhaps, not in a good way) poet, William McGonagall, as follows: “Beautiful Balmerino on the bonnie banks of Tay, It’s a very bonnie spot in the months of June or May; The scenery there is charming and fascinating to see, Especially the surroundings of the old Abbey” 1 Waypoints (1) Start at the Tay Rail Bridge memorial (56.42124; -2.98897) https://w3w.co/walled.developed.scare The walks starts and ends at the end of Bay Road in Wormit where there is a memorial to the lives lost in the Tay Rail Bridge disaster* of 1879, and a Fife Coastal Path** information board for Wormit. The current Tay Rail Bridge is a prominent and impressive landscape feature near the start and end of the walk. The concrete supports for the original ill-fated bridge can still be seen, alongside the later bridge. To begin the walk, go past the memorial, taking the path along the shore in a westerly direction. Soon, you pass a wood seal sculpture where the path starts to climb through trees to a higher level above the Tay Estuary. *Note: “The Tay Bridge Disaster occurred during a violent storm on Sunday 28th December 1879, when the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed as a train from Burntisland to Dundee passed over it, killing all aboard. The bridge, designed by Sir Thomas Bouch, used lattice girders supported by iron piers, with cast iron columns and wrought iron cross- bracing. The piers were narrower and their cross-bracing was less extensive and robust than on previous similar designs by Bouch… he [also] had made no explicit allowance for wind loading in the design … There were other flaws in detailed design, in maintenance, and in quality control of castings, all of which were, at least in part, Bouch's responsibility. Bouch died less than a year after the disaster, his reputation ruined. Future British bridge designs had to allow for wind loadings ...”. Thanks to Wikipedia for the above information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Bridge_disaster **Note: The Fife Coastal Path is a long distance footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh along the coastline of Fife. The path runs for 187 kilometres. See: https://fifecoastandcountrysidetrust.co.uk/walks/fife- coastal-path/ (2) Veer left on path past seal sculpture (56.42014; -2.99875) https://w3w.co/smothered.riches.post In about 650 m, the path having briefly joined a rough farm road, veer left to continue taking the coastal path, passing another wood seal sculpture, as the rough road descends towards a farm gate. Now, keep following the coastal path for 2. 2 km as it goes up and down at various points, including where there are steps, before eventually dropping to the shore level on the outskirts of Balmerino* where you will pass a number of pretty white-washed cottages and another wood seal sculpture. (662 m) *Note: The village contains a number of 18th and 19th century houses and is now an official Conservation Area. The name Balmerino derives from Scottish Gaelic. The first element, bal-, is from baile, meaning a farmstead, or in modern Gaelic, a town. The second element is more obscure. It may refer to Saint Merinach or it may derive from muranach meaning 'of sea-grass', yielding: '[the] farm where sea-bent or sea-grass grows.” Balmerino is celebrated by a poem by William McGonagall … 'Beautiful Balmerino': “Beautiful Balmerino on the bonnie banks of Tay, It’s a very bonnie spot in the months of June or May; The scenery there is charming and fascinating to see, Especially the surroundings of the old Abbey” See: https://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/gems/beautiful-balmerino Thanks to Wikipedia for the above information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmerino 2 (3) Carry on uphill on road - passing coastal path signpost (56.41147; -3.04317) https://w3w.co/sneezed.bookshelf.fell In 2.2 km, after passing another wood seal sculpture on your right, pass the Old Mill building on your left, where the Fife Coastal Path goes sharp right behind some cottages, continue straight on, following the minor tarred road uphill where it soon bends right, passing the Old Inn on your left. Continue along this quiet narrow road, passing the entrance to the ruins of Balmerino Abbey (which you will return to, shortly) on your left. (3.9 km) (4) Turn at Memorial Cottages (56.40897; -3.04196) https://w3w.co/friction.cinemas.nanny In 400 m, go left to check out the Balmerino Memorial Cottages* set in a three-sided square with lawns and paths. Check out the inscription above the four impressive pillars When you are ready, re-trace your steps back down the minor road for 60 m, or so, to the entrance to the Abbey ruins. Turn right to enter the ruins. (4.3 km) *Note: The cottages were built in memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Scrymgeour-Wedderburn DSO who died at the battle of Anzio in 1944. Each house bears a plaque on which is inscribed the last message which David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn sent to his men before the battle. See: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/ memorial/268066/ (5) Check out ruins of Balmerino Abbey (56.40975; -3.04221) https://w3w.co/mobile.extent.companies In less than 200 m from pillared frontage of the Memorial Cottages, enter the pedestrian gateway to explore the ruins of Balmerino Abbey* where there is an information board to assist. Towards the rear of the grounds, check out the very old Spanish Chestnut tree**, enclosed in fencing for its protection. When you are ready, leave the Abbey ruins by the gate you entered and go right and downhill on the minor road. (4.5 km) *Note: Founded in 1227 to 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey … It had approximately 20 monks at the beginning of the sixteenth century …In December 1547 it was burned by an English force, and allegedly damaged again in 1559 … as part of the Reformation's destruction of idolatrous structures … [due to] plundering for building stone … only the smaller support structures to the north survive, most notable of which are the fan-vaulted cloisters ... Thanks to Wikipedia for the above information: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Balmerino_Abbey **Note: The Spanish Chestnut tree in the grounds of Balmerino Abbey is believed to be over 400 years old – making it one of the oldest in Scotland. 3 (6) Go right at y-junction after passing the Old Inn (56.41104; -3.04254) https://w3w.co/barks.clinic.segmented In 140 m from the gate to the Abbey ruins, after passing the former Old Inn on your right side, take the right fork at a y- junction on the minor tarred road. (4.8 km) (7) At right-hand bend go left (56.41243; -3.03770) https://w3w.co/buzz.otters.shredding In 400 m, as the road bends right just after passing Balmerino Cemetery on your right side, take the road going left and downhill.
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