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Path Closure

Articles about the closure of the path below the castle because of a very minor rock fall - the first in over forty years.

Report on RSK Geosciences, Risk Asessments, Complain to who

This paper covers three things:

  • RSK Prequalification Assessment from which one can adduce their suitability, and the validity of their report.
  • Risk Assessments,
  • Who to complain to.
  • An Engineers letter to Councillors and MSP's, and one to Paul McCabe [a Councillor]

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All about the closure of the path below the Castle

What caused the closure ?

Simply put, a very small ledge of rock at the top of the steep incline between the river and the castle fell down. The ledge was only about three meters or ten feet long. Over the last twenty years it had been progressively undermined by water washing the soil beneath it away. Really hardly surprising.

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