A visit to Tappoch Broch and Torwood Blue Pool

Back in March we headed up to Torwood to visit the Tappoch Broch (think we are now at eight different broch visits but this was Maisie’s first). There’s not much left but there are a couple of lintels still in place and a set of steps. The path to the Broch has been obliterated by tree felling so there was a bit of scrambling over brash to the top of the hill and the broch, trying to follow the flattened signs. It was interesting to see another broch and enjoy the views from the top over places I know well having grown up in the central belt of Scotland.

Nearly at the broch, trying to find the path through the brash

Maisie finds the entrance to the broch

Steps to the upper level

Looking over the broch

The broch

One of the lintles

After investigating the broch we followed another path along the ridge of the hill through the woods to pick up a path to our next destination, Torwood Blue pool. The path meanders over tree roots, past peaty puddles, birch trees and ferns to come out onto a track. Here we crossed over and took the path through a metal gate.

Maisie leading the way

The path follows the fence line along the side of the trees and a stream. A nice wee path along the edge of the woods and field brings you to a break in the forestry plantation, across the dry stone dyke and up the fire break and there is the pool on the right. 

It really is blue, the photos have not been edited! Such an odd feature in what really is the middle of no where. 

We then went back the way we had come until we got to Torwood Castle where we followed the track back out to the main road and the car. We stopped off for some lunch and then visited Betty for a coffee on the way home, great to catch up and admire all the flowering bulbs and Rhododendron in her garden. Despite both of us under the weather with another cold, it was good to get out some where different on our day off.

Gorse on the field edges

The road out

Old landrovers

Our route

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