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Culloden Battlefield with a rainbow forming over the top of the memorial cairn.
12 Apr 2019

Looking ahead to Culloden at 300

We want to ensure that Culloden is protected from the threat of development.

12 Apr 2019

Smelting moments on Ben Lomond

Volunteers on a recent Trust Thistle Camp learned first-hand just how hard it would have been to make iron in the past.

Culloden Battlefield with a rainbow forming over the top of the memorial cairn.
3 Apr 2019

Consultation to shape Culloden 300

The Trust is looking for your views to protect Culloden for future generations.

Neil Oliver stands beside Derek Alexander, the Trust's Head of Archaeology, as they both look down the glen at Glencoe. Derek holds some papers under his arm and is pointing ahead of him.
12 Mar 2019

Uncovering the story of Glencoe

We’re carrying out ground-breaking archaeology to find out more about one of Scotland’s most significant historic events.

A sepia photograph of a group of women, dressed in heavy wool clothing, sitting on a hillside. They are smiling.

Great women associated with Trust places

This International Women’s Day, we’ve brought together just some of the stories of inspirational women associated with Trust places.

A painting of Glen Lochay with wide open fields and corn stacked into stooks for drying. People are working in the fields and two sheepdogs lie in the foreground. Smoke rises from the chimney of a house in the distance.
6 Mar 2019

Moirlanich unlocked – farm life

In this second article in a series about Moirlanich Longhouse we look at working life on this small Scottish farm.

1 Feb 2019

Canna and Sanday map out the future

The inner Hebridean islands of Canna and Sanday have emerged as world leaders in the application of digital mapping technology.

A view of the front gable end of Burns Cottage, which shows a lot of moss growing on the thatched roof and bad orange staining on the white stone walls.
29 Jan 2019

Raising funds for Burns Cottage

We’re appealing for support to carry out vital works at the Bard’s birthplace.

28 Jan 2019

Hebridean female crofters – in sharp focus

Margaret Fay Shaw’s photographic work demonstrates the life of female Hebridean crofters in South Uist in the 1930s.