Westcowburn Head, prior to afforestation would have been an area of moorland. The peaty nature of that ground is apparent in this image where a route through the trees has been churned by the passage of vehicles. Such a track would be of no use when timber extraction begins and much heavier equipment would be in use.
Uploaded to Geograph by Trevor Littlewood on 19 September 2012
Photo © Trevor Littlewood, 19 September 2012. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence