The Queen’s Stone – Glenmore Forest 2024
The image was kindly provided by Brian Duff, Glenmore Forest and shows the monument surrounded by well grown native Scots pine planted in 1981.
This stone cairn was first erected on the Sluggan Pass area in 1935 to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V and in honour of the occasion the newly acquired forest area was named as The Queen’s Forest. A King’s Forest was so named in Suffolk and in Wales one named Coed –y-Brenin (King’s Forest).
It appears that the monument was dismantled and re-erected closer to Loch Morlich about the time of the Charles and Diana royal wedding in 1981 and the wedding plaque was added. To further commemorate the occasion native Scots pine were planted in the prepared ground surrounding the cairn.
The monument is still in the forest just across the road from the Loch Morlich car park but the Queen’s Forest name has fallen out of use in favour of that of Glenmore Forest.
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Groups: Forestry Areas