ARGYLL

Arduaine Garden
Arduaine, Oban, Argyll
Tel: (01852) 200 366
Open: all year, daily, 9.30 sunset. Reception Centre, Good Friday to 30 Sep, daily 9.30-4.30.

An outstanding 20 acre garden on a promontory bounded by Loch Melfort and Asknish Bay on the Sound of Jura. Nationally noted for its rhododendrons, azalea and magnolias.

Crarae Garden
11 miles south of Inveraray
Tel: (01546) 886 614
Open: Garden, all year, daily 9.30 sunset. Visitor Centre, Good Friday to 30 Sep, daily 10–5.

On the banks of Loch Fyne, on the west coast, immerse yourself in Britain’s finest example of an exotic Himalayan-style woodland. Wildlife is in abundance here.

Finavon Doocot
Angus

The largest doocot in Scotland, with 2,400 nesting boxes.

Glencoe & Dalness
Glencoe, Ballachulish, Highland
Tel: (01855) 811 307
Open: site, all year, daily. Visitor Centre, shop and café, 1 to 31 Mar, daily 10–4; 1 Apr to 31 Aug, daily 9.30–5.30; 1 Sep to 31 Oct, daily 10–5; 1 Nov to 28/29 Feb, Thu–Sun 10–4.

This large area in the Trust’s care provides some of the best walking country in the Highlands. Site of the infamous Massacre in 1692.

Glenfinnan Monument
Glenfinnan, Highland
Tel: (01397) 722 250
Open: site, all year, daily. Visitor Centre, shop and snack-bar, Good Friday to 30 Jun and 1 Sep to 31 Oct, daily 10–5; 1 Jul to 31 Aug, daily 9.30–5.30.

This monument was erected in 1815 in tribute to the clansmen who died in the cause of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. The Visitor Centre has displays of the Prince’s campaign from Glenfinnan to Derby and the final defeat at Culloden.

Macquarie Mausoleum
Gruline, Isle of Mull, Argyll & Bute
Open: daily

The Mausoleum is on the Gruline estate, once owned by Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales and known as ‘the father of Australia’.