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Gleann Doire at Na Toman Dearga

Sketch map of the Cairngorms showing Gleann Doire at Na Toman Dearga by Joe Dorward

  • Derry Lodge - a multi-phased 19th century shooting lodge
  • Derry Lodge Footbridge - the wooden footbridge over Uisge an Doire behind Derry Lodge
  • Gleann Doire - means glen of the grove
  • Uisge an Doire - means water of the grove
  • Creag Bad an t-Seabhaig - means rock of clump of the hawk
  • Na Toman Dearga - means the red hillocks
  • Coire Cadha an Fhir Bhogha - means corrie of pass of the archer
  • Allt Coire Cadha an Fhir Bhogha - means burn of corrie of pass of the archer
  • Derry Dam - applies to both the natural, apparently glacial moraine across the glen, and the artificial built across the breach through which Uisge an Doire still flows
  • Derry Dam Footbridge - the metal footbridge built by the Nature Conservancy over Uisge an Doire in 1959