Highland's Unmissable Treasures

This selection spans the Isle of Skye and the mainland Highlands, featuring geological landmarks like the Trotternish peninsula's Old Man of Storr and the Kilt Rock sea cliffs. Historical sites include the prehistoric Clava Cairns, the ruins of Duntulm Castle, and the 1745 Culloden Battlefield. Natural attractions range from the crystal-clear Fairy Pools and Loch Coruisk to the Mealt and Rogie waterfalls. The Highland Folk Museum offers insight into regional heritage, while the Staffin coast preserves Jurassic-era dinosaur footprints.

Highland's Unmissable Treasures — Map

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Fairy Pools

The Fairy Pools are a series of natural pools and waterfalls in Glen Brittle on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

Mihael Grmek / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Kilt Rock Viewpoint

This beautiful colorful sea cliff in the shape of a kilt is 55 m tall and it features a majestic waterfall, the Mealt.

Florian Fuchs / CC BY 3.0

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Culloden Battlefield

The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745.

Remi Mathis / CC BY-SA 3.0

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The Storr

The Storr is a mountain on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

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The Old Man of Storr

A prominent basalt pinnacle created by a massive ancient landslip on the Trotternish peninsula.

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Neist Point Lighthouse

Neist Point is a viewpoint on the most westerly point of Skye. Neist Point Lighthouse has been located there since 1909.

Bellaqueen / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Duntulm Castle

Duntulm Castle stands ruined on the north coast of Trotternish, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, near the hamlet of Duntulm.

Nachosan / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Balnuaran of Clava

The Clava cairn is a type of Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn, named after the group of three cairns at Balnuaran of Clava, to the…

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Staffin Dinosaur Footprints

Preserved Jurassic-era footprints embedded in the sandstone rocks at An Corran beach, typically visible during low tide.

Fergus Mather / CC BY-SA 2.0

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Whaligo steps

A man-made staircase of 330 stone steps descending a steep cliff face to a natural harbor formerly used by herring boats.

Ceitidh MacMaster / CC BY-SA 2.0

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Rogie Falls

Rogie Falls are a series of waterfalls on the Black Water, a river in Ross-shire in the Highlands of Scotland.

Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886) / Public domain

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Loch Coruisk

Loch Coruisk is an inland fresh-water loch, lying at the foot of the Black Cuillin in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands.

Chiswick Chap / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Highland Folk Museum

The Highland Folk Museum is a museum and an open-air visitor attraction in Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands,…

John Allan / CC BY-SA 2.0

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Lealt Falls

A dramatic waterfall that drops into a steep-sided gorge before flowing into the Sound of Raasay.