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Does anyone know any backstory about this memorial in the Fionn-abhainn glen? 

Is that reddish hue the result of leaching from the plaques or the adhesive?

Off topic but I had something similar, put lead flashing on a skylight, the roof  slates below lost any lichen or moss over a couple of years . So guessing its runoff the plaque letting show  the natural colour of the rock .

The only reference I've seen is

"Cross the footbridge over the Fionn-abhainn, then pass the curious memorial to Breton father and son Michel and Alan Conan.. "

from a route card on here - https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/?i=1400

which says no more than the first plaque.

Dave

Always find it peculiar that people who apparently loved a wild and natural place would find it fitting to degrade it in such ways. It speaks to a level of arrogance I think. 

Looking at your profile I see you use chalk...

It's generally not them, though; it's their loved ones. I doubt many specify it in their wills...

Not really the same though, is it. Plaques don't wash off the next time it rains. 

No, they don't, and I'm as opposed to plaques as much as you are, to the point that I'd be happy for it to be removed, but bad mouthing dead people who likely didn't ask their families to do this isn't a good look.

Playing devil's advocate ... a small plaque v big roads, footpaths, pylons , comtrails, houses, global warming , railtracks and other man made things etc doesn't seem to have that much environmental impact. 

Totally with you on this one, I appreciate its a sensitive subject but I suspect anyone who appreciates being out the hills wouldn't really appreciate a random bit of metal. Unless with local community support or exceptional reasons it's essential littering.

They appear to be from between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas...

Haha I should upbraid the fella who wrote that and tell him to add more historical information in his route cards.

You can use that argument to dismiss anything.

It’s not an argument.. it’s an observation that we make a big fuss about little things and ignore the things that really matter!

Chapeau for the niche cultural reference.

But roads have some utility. Plaques don't, except for the relatives, and even then probably only once... If everyone put up a memorial plaque in the hills, we could probably use them as roads ..

For goodness sakes, man, go away and Google ‘whataboutery’.

i’s like to see this kind of thing simply removed. Whyever not?

jxm

Hmmm…. Cos a small plaque in a remote part of the highlands doesn’t bother me. ( granted if everyone did it I would be concerned) ! What about that then?