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A stone built cottage, sitting upon a small hill, with mature trees and branches framing it on either side.  Pic: © Ben Addy, Moxon Architects
13 Nov 2024

Royal picnic cottage saved

A picnic cottage enjoyed by Queen Victoria on her visits to Balmoral has been saved by the Trust.

Two people in yellow high-vis jackets and white hard hats stand in the attic of a building.
11 Nov 2024

A day in the life of a Maintenance Surveyor

To celebrate National Maintenance Week, we take a glimpse into the role of one of the Trust’s maintenance surveyors.

The rotunda at Bannockburn at sunset. The sky is a bright orange to the left, with dark blue clouds to the right. Trees stand silhouetted beside the rotunda and flag pole.
28 Oct 2024

Report shows Bannockburn proposals to be ’unacceptable’

A professional report commissioned by the Trust reveals that a planning submission was submitted to Stirling Council for a horse-trotting track on the site of the historic Bannockburn Battlefield, and the council’s assessment of it is ‘fundamentally flawed’.

A line of people stand on Culloden Battlefield, by a tall red flag, posing for the camera. Digging work is taking place in the background.
23 Oct 2024

Archaeological dig at Culloden Battlefield

Combining traditional tools and new techniques, archaeologists and volunteers have begun a remarkable dig at Culloden Battlefield.

A bust of a Victorian man with a beard stands in a blue display cabinet. A blue birthday badge is attached to the stone chest.
11 Oct 2024

Celebrating Hugh Miller’s 222nd birthday

We’re inviting visitors to celebrate the birthday of the Highlands’ most famous fossil hunter with a big weekend of events, from 10 to 13 October 2024.

A tall column shaped tower with a saltire flag flying high above it and a blue cloudy sky surrounding it
20 Sept 2024

Raising the flag at the House of the Binns

To celebrate 80 years since acquiring the House of the Binns, the Trust is hoisting a flag on the prominent Binns Tower.

Three girls sitting next to each other in a dark room look towards the camera as a film featuring a scene with mountains plays on a large screen behind them
17 Sept 2024

Five fun activities to enjoy with the kids at Glencoe and Glenfinnan

Discover tales of Jacobite history during the October holidays at these two beautiful and historic sites nestled in the Highlands.

Two rocks have been split open and are displayed side by side on a piece of white tissue paper. Inside each rock is a fossilised creature. On the left, it looks a bit like a large beetle. On the right, it looks like a squashed thin butterfly.
10 Sept 2024

Dingwall Museum donates fossil specimens

Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage & Museum has welcomed a donation of fossils from Dingwall Museum that is set to delight visitors to the former home of the renowned Scottish geologist.

A woman with pink hair, wearing a hi-vis jacket and blue gloves, uses a brush to paint and restore the black lettering on a white marble plaque.
26 Aug 2024

Glenfinnan Monument plaque restored in time for anniversary

The Trust has refurbished a 200-year-old marble plaque at Glenfinnan Monument.