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Wester Glen Tarken, Loch Earn

by | May 3, 2021 | Gallery, General Interest, Shuna's Gallery | 1 comment

Glen Tarken | Glentarken (Wester)

A very cold and very wet trip to Glen Tarken. We went right up Glen Tarken and towards Glen Beich but the weather was very poor. All the photos are of Wester Glentarken today. I will return and photograph Easter Glentarken on a better day.

Easter Glentarken and Wester Glentarken are less than 10 minutes walk apart. If you visit one, I would suggest also visiting the other as you are then guaranteed to walk a route that was trodden in centuries gone by. There were Stewarts in both Wester and Easter Glentarken.

They were sadly cleared although there were some inhabitants remaining into the late 19th century I believe. The buildings are in varying states of repair. None are dwellings any more, but some clearly used for agricultural purposes, or are ruined longhouses or other smaller dwellings. I will hyperlink a walking map but also some history later today when I have warmed up.

https://www.google.co.uk/…/a-pilgrimage-to-jerusalem/

https://www.chuckspeed.com/…/Comrie_Stewart_Baptisms…

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  • Shuna Mayes lives in Dunblane, Scotland well within hiking, biking or kayaking distance of every locale where a Stewart of Balquhidder once lived. She enjoys getting outside with her camera and capturing sights that we would never have access to without her generosity and enthusiasm. Shuna has traced her ancestry to an 18th century soldier named James Stewart, who is genetically linked to our clan, but remains frustratingly elusive in his exact relationship.

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Shuna Mayes lives in Dunblane, Scotland well within hiking, biking or kayaking distance of every locale where a Stewart of Balquhidder once lived. She enjoys getting outside with her camera and capturing sights that we would never have access to without her generosity and enthusiasm. Shuna has traced her ancestry to an 18th century soldier named James Stewart, who is genetically linked to our clan, but remains frustratingly elusive in his exact relationship.

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1 Comment

  1. Wayne McCallum
    Wayne McCallum on May 3, 2026 at 2:53 pm

    Greetings from Rockwall, Texas! #closetoDallas
    I enjoyed very much your pictures of Wester Glentarken. THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING!
    My McCallum 3rd great-grandfather Duncan McCallum 1784-1865 was born in a similar farm settlement in Wester Balmuick….just up Glen Lednock above Comrie. Your pictures of Glentarken gives me an idea of what his birthplace looked like.
    Duncan, his wife, and 8 children immigrated to the United States in 1818. They had 7 more children in South Carolina.

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