Book : The Rough Guide
to Scottish Highlands and Islands (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Book : West Highland
Way: Map/Guide
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Gairloch Heritage Museum, Achtercairn, Gairloch, Ross-shire IV21
2BP. Tel: 01445 712287. Housed in a complex of old farm buildings,
Gairloch Heritage Museum is a record of life in the area from
pre-history to the present day. The museum was established in
1977 by the local heritage society and has so far won seven national
awards. www.gairlochheritagemuseum.org.uk. Location: On the outskirts
of Gairloch.
Inverewe Garden, Poolewe,
Ross-shire, IV22 2LG. Tel: 01445 781200. A garden created from
windswept moorland on a rocky peninsula beside Loch Ewe, with
some of the world’s largest growing trees planted into holes
hewn out of the bedrock. The garden is nurtured by the warm currents
of the North Atlantic Drift, and is set amidst some of the country’s
finest scenery. You will find Chinese rhododendrons, Tasmanian
eucalypts, Himalayan blue poppies, New Zealand daisy bushes,
Chilean lantern-trees, Californian dog’s-tooth violets,
South African bulbs, Mediterranean rock roses, and many more
besides. About 4 miles northeast of Gairloch.
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