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Places of interestUse the information link on the left to find out more about interesting places to visit near Lochearnhead, Balquhidder, Strathyre, St Fillans, Killin, Callander, and Stirling in Central Scotland. These include the lead and silver mining village of Tyndrum; Dal Righ - the site of the battle between Robert the Bruce and the McDougalls of Lorn; Killin, with its Folklore Centre at St Fillan's Mill, the famous Falls of Dochart and the clan burial ground of the McNabs on Innis Bhuidhe, or Yellow Island, close to the Falls; Queen Elizabeth Forest Park in the Trossachs, and Stirling Castle, with the nearby Wallace National Monument.
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The Falls of Dochart - Killin
The Falls of Dochart (NN571324) and the village host a variety of flora and fauna. You can see Dippers, Goosander and Swift, Pipistrelle Bats and plants include Northern Bedstraw and Goldenrod. Read More
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Tyndrum
Tyndrum means 'house on the ridge' - the ridge is the watershed between east and west Alba. Clifton was the site of the village attached to the lean mines of Tyndrum and was named after Sir Robert Clifton who began working on the mines in the 1740s. Read More
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Stirling Castle - Stirling
Stirling Castle is one of the largest and most important, both historically and architecturally, in Scotland and indeed Western Europe. Read More
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Dal Righ - Breadalbane
The word means 'the king's field'. It is the site of Robert the Bruce's battle with the McDougalls of Lorn in 1306. Read More
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Wallace Monument - Stirling
The Wallace National Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a hilltop near Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates William Wallace, the 13th century Scottish hero. Read More
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Innis Bhuidhe - Killin
Innis Bhuidhe, or Yellow Island, is the clan burial ground of the McNabs, and is accessed from the Falls of Dochart Bridge, Killin. Read More
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St. Fillan`s Mill
The Breadalbane Folklore Centre is housed in what is known as St. Fillan's Mill. He is believed to have founded a meal mill on this spot in the 7th century and a later building became a woollen and tweed mill. Read More
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Crianlarich
Crianlarich - which means "site of the Aspen (a type of maple)" - is a natural meeting of routes northbound from Loch Lomond, and westbound from Loch Tay, heading for the Highlands and Islands; this is an historic cross-roads used by the drovers of cattle and the military invaders and defenders of Scotland. Read More
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Falls of Dochart Bridge
The Falls of Dochart are probably the most photographed waterfalls in Scotland. Read More
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Glen Ogle - Lochearnhead
The name Glen Ogle may come from the Celtic word ocel meaning high. Queen Victoria once said it was Britain’s Khyber Pass, the glen is situated in the centre of Scotland where the highlands begin. Read More
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Queen Elizabeth Forest Park - Trossachs
A large part of the wider Trossachs is covered by extensive tracts of forest. Much of this forest lies in The Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. The forest park covers 50,000 acres of land consisting of a mixture of commercial forest, semi-natural and ancient woodland, and open space and is managed by Forest Enterprise. Read More
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Holiday Accommodation & Activities in Perthshire & the Trossachs, Scotland
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