Inshriach Forest - metal name plate
The image is courtesy of Brian Duff, Inverness, Ross and Skye Forest District or as now North Region.
The metal signs were manufactured by The Royal Label Factory (RLF) that has a history going back over 100 years of producing aluminium and none corroding metal signs.
The forest sign featured here shows a little of the evolving nature of their design. Very early signs of this type appear to have had the words State Forest in the design. The signs following this simply had the forest management unit name and Forestry Commission highlighted in a yellow colour. Scotland located forests had the rampant lion at the bottom with the usual crown at the top. It is not certain if these were originally pointed yellow or red, the latter colour certainly used on the ridged edge lines. The word ‘Forest’ and ‘section name’ after the unit name appears to have evolved possibly about the late 1950s or early 1960s. The ladder style wooden signs were introduced around about 1973 and replaced the old metal signs in most areas except for some isolated forests.
Inshriach Forest first initiated from a land purchase in 1937. The area located south of Aviemore and on the east side of the River Spey and the flooded area known as Insh Marshes. The forest continued as a separate management unit right up until 1983 by which time the total land area was over 4000ha with plantations at over 3400ha. In 1983 it joined with Queen’s Forest (Glenmore Forest) and in 1984 both areas formed part of Inverness Forest District following the restructuring of the nationwide forest unit management system.
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Groups: Forest Signs, Forestry Areas