All Stories
Looking after Scotland under lockdown
Our properties may not have been open to visitors, but the National Trust for Scotland’s vital work has continued through the coronavirus crisis.
St Kilda – the last summer
Folklorist Margaret Fay Shaw’s description and images of her visit to St Kilda, just before the evacuation of its inhabitants in 1930.
Margaret Fay Shaw’s diary of 1920/21
An American student in Scotland: Part 2 of Margaret Fay Shaw’s reflections on a year at school in Helensburgh in the 1920s.
Trust confirms emergency measures
Our charity is taking emergency action in response to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Maintaining Inveresk Lodge Garden during lockdown
The serene hillside garden and pond in the charming village of Inveresk, near Edinburgh, continues to be maintained by the regional team during the coronavirus pandemic.
Blooming gorgeous: purple milk-vetch
This little plant brings a splash of summer colour and is an important food plant for many insects.
Re-creating a Glencoe turf house – the story so far
We’ve made a great start on our Glencoe turf house project.
90th anniversary of the evacuation of St Kilda
Sunday 10 May 2020 marks the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the end for the inhabitants of the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda.
Pollok House: an auxiliary hospital during WWI
On the 75th anniversary of VE Day, we look to an earlier war and how one particular Trust property helped in the war effort.