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English: The Ronald Harvey Cairn This beautifully built memorial cairn stands on Meall Mor, a small hill east-southeast of Meall Beag in the Black Mount just over 1km west of the A82 road. The situation overlooking the lochs and lochans on Rannoch Moor is quite superb and a metal plaque on the cairn has the following inscription:
IN MEMORY OF RONALD HARVEY WHO DIED DEC 1 1962 AGED 26 WE CAST HIS ASHES TO ROAM IN THE WINDS OVER THESE HILLS WHICH HE KNEW, LOVED AND ROVED SO MUCH WE LEAVE HIM TO TRAVEL ALONE THE PATHS WE TREKKED TOGETHER HE SHALL BE WITH US WHEN WE RETURN THE ROAR OF THE STAG THE CRY OF THE BIRD THE SIGH OF THE WIND SHALL BE HIS CONSTANT COMPANIONS HIS PASSING HAS BEEN THE SUNSET OF OUR FRIENDSHIP When I first visited this spot 5 years ago I was taken by the location and the poignant inscription. There has been much debate about mountain memorials, and while I agree with the need for a clean up on Ben Nevis and the unnecessary proliferation of memorial items deposited in wild places, I can't make up my mind about this one. Although there are one or two small bits of graffiti on the plaque, I suspect this cairn will be seldom visited. An effort to find out the history behind the cairn a few years ago proved to be unsuccessful. I was contacted in December 2009 by a site visitor who gave me the following information:- The Ronald Harvey Cairn was made by my grandfather Joe Howitt along with Jim Harvey. There were five climbers but there is only one left. His grandfather would appear to be the only surviving climber and visited the cairn regularly to maintain it but he has not been there for four years due to failing health. |
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| Author | Walter Baxter |
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