Giant Stoneater wrote:my own views on this are why should a path that already exists be labelled as a error just because it might be dangerous in winter conditions,the path is already there and so it should be highlighted by the OS
Hi GS, It's not about winter conditions, it is about this:
Giant Stoneater wrote:it does not look feasible to my own eye,it's a hell of a drop.
As you can see yourself from the photo, this is about common sense, safety and it being best to avoid this "path" completely, regardless of the time of year.
I checked some old OS maps and the 1868 to 1891 ones have no path and shows the current location of the path as being off a cliff edge which seems more accurate. There is still no marked path between Beinn Tarsuinn and Beinn a' Chliabhain and from 1926 up to to 1956.
I've had a quick look but can't find the first map this path appeared on but it wasn't on any of the older ones, they all show a cliff where the path is, so I figure one of the early 1:25k OS maps of Arran probably marked it, possibly when the path was walkable although going with the eyeball test and lack of path there on any older maps suggests to me possible confusion from those doing the survey at the time.
Maybe the map makers got drunk up the Ormidale afterwards and did a rush job to finish their notes, whatever happened it is very surprising to see a path marked on ground like that, i'm now more intrigued to find out why this was marked as a path, hopefully the OS will get back to me about it and I can query it further with them.
I'll also contact a friend in the Arran MRT to see what their take on it is.