Monument record MHG30283 - Garlet Road, West Clyne

The road is also known locally as the Coffin Road or Garlet Road (Garbh Leathad, Rough Slope) - stretches from Oldtown at its north-western end to Clynekirkton in the south-east. (NC 8527 0883 TO 8940 0610).

From the surrounding evidence, it is easy to imagine its origins as a prehistoric track. The Oldtown section, of what is now an estate road, is still in active use.

The road passes Killin and makes its way towards the ruins of Clynekirkton Church and Belfry, the road narrows to little more than a sheep track. It preserves the trailmarks of the bereaved from a not so distant age: hence, no doubt, its alternative title - 'Coffin Road'.

Finally, at its south-eastern end, the ancient road meets its modern counterpart as the latter skirts the belfry, church and graveyard.

Information supplied by Dr. Norman Gibson, 14.10.01
See assoc. docs. File.

J Aitken : 30.10.01

The Garlat or Garlet Road is the hill track from Clynekirkton to Oldtown. In it's first mile it climbs along the rough steep slope of Socach, behind the crofts of West Clyne; and this fact leads to the supposition that the original Gaelic was Garbh Leathad, Rough Slope. Local pronunciation would be Garruh Let. A very similar sounding word is gearraidh (pronunced garry nearly) which means, according to Bain, outland beyond township ploughed land; which is what this long slope would have been. Cregan a' Chorp which may be translated body stone, is a boulder beside this track, which used to be a resting place for funerals on their way out of Strathbrora to Clynekirkton graveyard.
J Maclennan, The Northern Times, 1957.
J Aitken : 15/05/02.