{"id":462,"date":"2013-07-01T10:10:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T10:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?p=462"},"modified":"2013-07-01T10:10:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T10:10:49","slug":"rare-natural-woodland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?p=462","title":{"rendered":"Rare Natural Woodland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_460\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Allt-Volagir.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-460\" alt=\"Allt Volagir, Loch Eynort\" src=\"http:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Allt-Volagir-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Allt-Volagir-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Allt-Volagir-262x350.jpg 262w, https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Allt-Volagir.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allt Volagir, Loch Eynort<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the southern slopes of <strong>Ben More<\/strong> (2034&#8242;) is a ravine containing natural woodland and having the status of an area of <strong>Special Scientific Interest<\/strong>. At one time this was apparently the usual variety of vegetation for the Outer Hebrides. A disputed theory is that the Vikings devastated it with use and abuse. However, this remaining example, <strong>Allt Volagir<\/strong>, is worth a visit and the hostel is well-placed to accommodate after or before a journey to the shores of Loch Eynort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the southern slopes of Ben More (2034&#8242;) is a ravine containing natural woodland and having the status of an area of Special Scientific Interest. At one time this was apparently the usual variety of vegetation for the Outer Hebrides. A disputed theory is that the Vikings devastated it with use and abuse. However, this <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/?p=462\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explore-howmore-south-uist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatliff.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}