North Highlands Highlight

Strathnaver

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Strathnaver Museum is housed in the Old Parish Kirk of St Columba, built in the 1700s. It has many interesting displays related to the clearances, the archaeology, and the history of the area. The clan McKay room is upstairs. it has information and exhibits which tell the story of the clan.

STRATHNAVER The Province of Strathnaver originally stretched from Kylesku to Caithness. There is evidence of long settlement here from ancient times with Neolithic chambered cairns, stone circles, Bronze Age cist burials and Iron Age brochs. A mixture of Gaelic and Norse placenames as well as many ruined farmsteads and settlements evoke more recent times.

The Strathnaver Trail runs 26 miles from Farr Old Parish Kirk to Loch Naver. There are 29 marked sites along the way which take in over 5,000 years of settlement in this lovely valley. The river, moorland and lochs are home to many birds and plants.

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