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A view of the woodlands in the Hermitage in Perthshire, looking from the forest floor up into the canopy. The pine trunks appear very tall and thin!

Spotter’s guide: Trees

The Trust cares for some of Scotland’s most magnificent trees, and it’s likely that you’ll find many of these species growing at our places.

A bottle of gin sits on a log in a woodland, next to a pine cone.
10 Mar 2020

Raw nature, distilled

Find out how gin is helping to conserve the Caledonian pinewoods at Mar Lodge Estate.

4 Mar 2020

Bringing the banyan to the V&A

A gentleman’s early 18th-century nightgown from Newhailes, known as a banyan, features in an exhibition ‘Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk’ at the V&A in London.

Artist’s impressions of the new ground floor at Gladstone’s Land
28 Feb 2020

Fresh flavour for historic Royal Mile building

Gladstone’s Land will reopen in the summer with a fresh new look.

Two walkers head off into the hills along a path in Glencoe. Purple heather grows beside the path.
12 Feb 2020

Overcoming barriers to experiencing Scotland’s culture

Ahead of the Scottish Government’s first Culture Strategy for 20 years, we’ve published new public opinion research on current cultural activity in Scotland, and the barriers to its development.

A group of people at work on an archaeological dig in Glencoe. A small area has been roped off and excavated. A blue canvas shelter stands slightly downslope to the left.
27 Jan 2020

Building history with Glencoe turf house

Thistle Campers will help build a replica turf house in Glencoe in summer 2020.

A man stands beside an illustration of Robert Burns superimposed on a saltire.
23 Jan 2020

Wrestler pays special visit to Robert Burns Birthplace Museum

On a rare visit home from the United States, WWE superstar and local hero, Drew McIntyre, enjoyed a visit to Alloway ahead of Burns Night.

External view of House of Dun from the colourful garden
22 Dec 2019

Making a declaration on Angus heritage

In 2020, we’re planning to retell the story of Angus and Scotland in an ambitious new project at House of Dun, near Montrose.

A view of the large, stone memorial cairn at the centre of Culloden battlefield. A wide stone track leads up to it across the moor.
29 Nov 2019

Protecting Culloden

Protecting Culloden needs two things: a plan and some consistency.