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Things to do in Highland
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Sightlore has 37 places to explore in Highland, and 14 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Highland's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Inverness Castle
Inverness Castle is a castle overlooking the River Ness in Inverness, Highland, Scotland.
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Eilean Donan Castle
Eilean Donan is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs (Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh) in the western Highlands of Scotland, about one kilometre from the village of Dornie.
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Fort George
Fort George is a large 18th-century fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland.
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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. They are in Coire na Creiche ("corrie of the spoils"), on the Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh, at the foot of the Cuillin mountains.
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Glen Coe
Glen Coe is a glen of glacial origins that cuts though volcanic rocks in the Highlands of Scotland.
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Urquhart Castle
Urquhart Castle is a ruined castle that sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometres (13 mi) southwest of Inverness and two kilometres east of Drumnadrochit.
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Dunvegan Castle
Dunvegan Castle (Caisteal Dhùn Bheagain) is located 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. It is the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod.
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Quiraing
The Quiraing is a landform on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish escarpment on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It takes the form of a craterous hollow surrounded by a high rampart of rock.
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Loch Ness
Loch Ness is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end.
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Glenfinnan Viaduct
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line at Glenfinnan, in the Lochaber district of north-western Scotland, built from 1897 to 1901. Located at the top of Loch Shiel in the West Scottish Highlands, the viaduct overlooks the Glenfinnan Monument and…
Discovery routes in Highland
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Inverness and Culloden
From the Highland capital to the last Jacobite battlefield, Bronze Age cairns, Macbeth's Cawdor and Fort George.
Around Loch Ness
Nessie's loch: from the ruins of Urquhart Castle to the Falls of Foyers and the shore at Dores Beach.
Isle of Skye
From Eilean Donan across the bridge to Skye: the Old Man of Storr, Kilt Rock, the Quiraing, Dunvegan Castle, Neist Point and the Fairy Pools. Can be split over two days.
From Glen Coe to Glenfinnan
From the mountains of Glen Coe to Steall Falls below Ben Nevis, Inverlochy Castle and the viaduct crossed by the Harry Potter train.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Inverness Castle
Inverness Castle is a castle overlooking the River Ness in Inverness, Highland, Scotland.
Culloden Battlefield
Culloden Battlefield near Inverness is the moor where the last battle of the Jacobite rising was fought on 16 April 1746. The memorial cairn and clan stones remember the fallen; a visitor centre stands nearby.
Clava Cairns
The Clava Cairns (Balnuaran of Clava) are a group of late Neolithic burial cairns and stone circles 8 km south-east of Inverness, only 2 km from the Culloden battlefield.
Cawdor Castle
Cawdor Castle is a castle in the parish of Cawdor in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is built around a 15th-century tower house, with substantial additions in later centuries.
Urquhart Castle
Urquhart Castle is a ruined castle that sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometres (13 mi) southwest of Inverness and two kilometres east of Drumnadrochit.
Eilean Donan Castle
Eilean Donan is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs (Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh) in the western Highlands of Scotland, about one kilometre from the village of Dornie.
Skye Bridge
The Skye Bridge is a road bridge over Loch Alsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the island of Eilean Bàn.
Dunvegan Castle
Dunvegan Castle (Caisteal Dhùn Bheagain) is located 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. It is the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod.
Neist Point Lighthouse
Neist Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Neist Point on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
Inverlochy Castle
Inverlochy Castle is a ruined, 13th-century castle near Inverlochy and Fort William, Highland, Scotland. The site of two battles, the castle remains largely unchanged since its construction.
Glenfinnan Viaduct
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line at Glenfinnan, in the Lochaber district of north-western Scotland, built from 1897 to 1901. Located at the top of Loch Shiel in the West Scottish Highlands, the viaduct overlooks the Glenfinnan Monument and…
Dunrobin Castle
Dunrobin Castle is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, that serves as the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland, Chief of Clan Sutherland.
Ardvreck Castle
Ardvreck Castle is a castle, now ruinous, standing on a rocky promontory in Loch Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK. The structure dates from about 1490 and is associated with the then landowners, the Macleods of Assynt.
Armadale Castle
Armadale Castle is a ruined country house in Armadale, Skye, former home of the MacDonalds.
Dunnet Head Lighthouse
Dunnet Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse that stands on the 300-foot (91 m) cliff top of Easter Head on Dunnet Head.
Dunscaith Castle
Dunscaith Castle also known as Dun Scaich, Dun Sgathaich Castle and Tokavaig, is a ruined castle on the coast of the Isle of Skye, in the north-west of Scotland.
Castle Tioram
Castle Tioram is a ruined castle that sits on the tidal island Eilean Tioram in Loch Moidart, Scotland. It is north of Acharacle, approximately 80 km (50 mi) west of Fort William.
Museums
Fort George
Fort George is a large 18th-century fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse is a listed 19th century lighthouse, located on Ardnamurchan Point in Lochaber part of the Highland council area of Scotland.
Highland Folk Museum
The Highland Folk Museum is an open-air museum and visitor attraction in Newtonmore, in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
Castle of Mey
The Castle of Mey (also known for a time as Barrogill Castle) is located in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland, about 6 miles (10 km) west of John o' Groats. In fine weather there are views from the castle north to Orkney.
Places of worship
Inverness Cathedral
Inverness Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church situated in the city of Inverness in Scotland close to the banks of the River Ness.
Dornoch Cathedral
Dornoch Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church serving the small Sutherland town of Dornoch, in the Scottish Highlands.
Nature
Falls of Foyers
The Falls of Foyers are two waterfalls on the River Foyers, which feeds Loch Ness, in Highland, Scotland.
Loch Ness
Loch Ness is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end.
Old Man of Storr
The Storr is a mountain on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west.
Kilt Rock
Kilt Rock is a 90-metre sea cliff on the Trotternish coast of the Isle of Skye, whose basalt columns resemble the pleats of a kilt. The neighbouring Mealt Falls drop straight into the sea.
Quiraing
The Quiraing is a landform on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish escarpment on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It takes the form of a craterous hollow surrounded by a high rampart of rock.
Fairy Pools
The Fairy Pools are a series of natural pools and waterfalls in Glen Brittle on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. They are in Coire na Creiche ("corrie of the spoils"), on the Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh, at the foot of the Cuillin mountains.
Glen Coe
Glen Coe is a glen of glacial origins that cuts though volcanic rocks in the Highlands of Scotland.
Steall Waterfall
Steall Waterfall, also known as An Steall Bàn or Steall Falls, is situated in Glen Nevis near Fort William, Highland, Scotland. It is Scotland's second-highest waterfall, with a drop of 120 metres (390 feet).
Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. Ben Nevis stands at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Highland region of Lochaber, close to the town of Fort William.
Cairn Gorm
Cairn Gorm is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains.
Eas a' Chùal Aluinn
Eas a' Chual Aluinn (grid reference NC281278) in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, is the tallest waterfall in the United Kingdom with a drop of 200 m (660 ft).
Falls of Glomach
The Falls of Glomach, in Highland, Scotland, is one of the tallest waterfalls in Britain, with a single drop of 113 m (370 ft).
Inverewe Garden
Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. It is located just to the north of Poolewe in Wester Ross, and is noted for the breadth of its collection.
Smoo Cave
Smoo Cave is a large combined sea cave and freshwater cave in Durness in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.
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