Highlands & Skye Places of Interest

Cawdor Castle is located only 12 miles from Inverness just outside Nairn. If you take the B9090 off the A96, you won?t have any difficulty getting to this destination. The castle is home to the Dowage... more

Located one mile downstream from the present bridge. The old bridge carried the military road from the Lecht to Nairn and Fort George. Constructed in 1754 by a detachment of men from Lord Charles Hay'... more

The Trust's primary aim is to tell the story of Grantown and the rich heritage of the surrounding area from 1765 to the present day. The Trust was founded in 1987 with the aim of establishing a commu... more

The castle is first recorded when John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, died there about 1303. The structure is considerably older and was probably built between 1258 and 1275. In September 1303 Edward I stay... more

The area around Grantown is one of the main concentrations of early, and probably pre-Christian, Pictish stones in the North of Scotland. More than a dozen have been found within 14 miles of Grantown... more