The dramatic landscape of Littlemill has a fascinating Come and meet some of Britain’s tallest trees: Douglas 25 Littlemill story to tell. Glaciers from the last ice age carved out 26 Reelig Glen firs towering at over 65 metres in height. We also have the landscape here. The retreating ice left us with the Britain’s tallest larch and Britain’s tallest lime tree. They Am Muileann Beag strangely named esker ridges and kettle hole lochans. Gleann Rùilig thrive in the shelter of the steep sided gorge here. Today it’s a perfect place to escape the city and relax. James Baillie Fraser (1783 – 1856), the Scottish explorer, Explore the forests of The mosaic of woodland, wetland and may have planted the biggest trees. James was inspired heathland make Littlemill an oasis for by his travels – the stone bridge here wildlife. From colourful springtime is modelled on one at the Ravenna flowers to summer butterflies and Gorge in Italy. The Fraser family autumn fungi, there’s always owned this area for over 500 Wonderful woodlands in and around something to see here. years before they sold it in 1949. the Capital Scotch argus butterfly Trail information Trail information

Kettlehole Trail Tall Trees Trail Photo: Colin Leslie

Explore the beautiful kettle hole lochans, which Explore a magical mossy glen towered over are great places to spot dragonflies and other by some remarkable firs, cedars and spruces, insects that breed in the water. including some of Britain’s tallest trees. Rough, narrow 1¼ miles / Firm, mostly wide gravel 1 mile / earthy and grassy 1.9 kms surface with uneven and 1.7 kms surface. Some steep Allow  muddy sections. Includes Allow  slopes. Includes ¾ hr some steep slopes and ¾ hr muddy sections. steps. One narrow bridge and a short section along the road.

Esker Trail Upper Reelig Trail Follow a series of strange esker ridges formed

beneath glaciers during the last ice age. Take a walk through the magnificent beech, Highlands There are great views over Strathnairn. pine and fir woodland above the glen. Rough earthy and 1¾ miles / Long steep slopes and 1¼ miles / grassy surface, with 2.7 kms some uneven rocky 1.9 kms several muddy Allow  steps. Mostly wide, Allow  sections and some 1 hr uneven earthy 1 hr exposed tree roots. surface. Some Includes steep slopes and some steps. exposed tree roots and muddy sections.

1.1  Craig Phadrig 2.2  Ord Hill 3.3  Culloden Discover the forests Wood Saints and sinners, Fantastic views over of Inverness kings and commoners, Inverness and the Memories of the past all are welcome here... Moray ... linger in the woods... Contact details: Lorg coilltean Inbhir Nis Forestry and Land , North Region Tel: 0300 067 6100 Email: [email protected]

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Looking over the Get active on the and Inverness fitness trail... from Ord Hill Follow the Six beautiful woodlands just waymarker on your doorstep, all with easy posts around to follow waymarked paths. the trails 5.5 Littlemill Crown copyright and database right [2018]. All rights Crown copyright and database right [2018]. All rights The trees of Inverness / Craobhan Inbhir Nis © reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number [100021242]. Discover a wild landscape carved Tree name Gaelic name (sounds like) by ice... Look out Scots pine Giuthas gyoo-uss for more of Rowan Caorann coo-ran our leaflets covering some Beech Faidhbhile fyviluh of the forests Alder Feàrna fyarna in the area Willow Seileach shayluch Oak Darach daruch Larch Learag lyeh-rak 6.6  Reelig Glen Birch Beith bay Douglas fir Giuthas gyoo-uss Admire Britain’s Dhùghlais ghoo-lish tallest trees in this beautiful gorge... Written and designed by Design & Visitor Planning, Forestry and Land Scotland - D&VP/30K/JTCP/March 2017/Edition 1. Photography by Forestry Commission Picture Library unless stated. For information on public transport services contact: Traveline Scotland, 0871 2002233 or www.travelinescotland.com

© Crown Copyright 2020 The Iron Age hillfort on top of Ord Hill was once an 21 Craig Phadrig 2 Ord Hill impressive sight. Its stout stone walls and wooden palisade would have clearly shown the strength and Creag Phàdraig Cnoc an Ùird power of the people who lived there. Together with the fort at Craig Phadrig, these two settlements must have dominated the landscape. Today, the fort is a ruin but the views are still just as good.

Ord Hill is a great place for wildlife. Look out for red squirrels and woodland birds in the trees here. You might even spot a bottlenose dolphin in the below!

Red squirrel The Ord Hill Circular is a great route for a Trail information family cycle ride Photo: Colin Leslie Photos: Colin Leslie Photo: Colin Leslie Standing guard over Inverness, the Iron Age hill fort of Ord Hill Circular Craig Phadrig was built over 2000 years ago. Centuries later it was the headquarters of a powerful Pictish king. A wonderful circuit of Ord Hill with spectacular St Columba is said to have visited the fort in 565AD to views over Inverness and the Moray Firth. meet with the Pictish king Bridei. Mostly wide, firm 2¼ mile / gravel surface. 3.8 kms Look out for the ruined walls of the fort. The rampart Long moderate slopes Allow  was destroyed by fire. The stones were fused together There are great views with some steeper 1½ hrs by the intense heat, a process known as vitrification. over Ben Wyvis and the sections. Section of Firth from the fort uneven earth and gravel path with some steps and exposed tree roots up to viewpoint. Trail information

Hill Fort Trail Craig Phadrig Trail Fort Trail

A short pull up onto the hill fort of Craig Phadrig Follow in the footsteps of saints and kings, where trees Walk up through the rich, mossy forest to reach (Patrick’s Rock) itself is rewarded with fantastic stand guard around the foot of the ancient fortifications the jumbled rocks of the Iron Age fort on top of views across Beauly Firth. at Craig Phadrig. Ord Hill. 1½ miles / 1½ miles / Uneven earth section 1¼ miles / Wide, largely smooth Uneven earth and 2.3 kms 2.5 kms with potentially muddy 1.9 kms gravel surface. Some gravel paths, with Allow  Allow  patches. Steep slope Allow  slightly uneven and some narrow, rocky 1 hr 1 hr up to the fort with ¾ hr muddy sections. and muddy sections. some wooden steps. Moderate slopes with short slightly steeper sections. Long fairly steep slopes and some steps.

The Battle of Culloden was fought on Wednesday April The perfect place to get some 3 Culloden Wood 16th 1746. The Prisoners’ Stone remains as a grim reminder, 4 Daviot Wood fresh air and burn off a few Coille Cùil Lodair where Government troops shot 17 Jacobite prisoners on the Coille Deimhidh calories. The paths here are day after the battle. wide and fairly level, so they’re ideal for family cycling or even Nearer to the car park, the Lord President’s Seat is cross-country skiing after snow. dedicated to the local laird Duncan Forbes who helped the Government side. The mix of Scots pine, larch and spruce makes a good home for wildlife here. Look out for roe deer St Mary’s Well is an older site, a traditional clootie well. hiding among the trees. In spring and summer, Dipping a cloot (rag) in the well and tying it to a tree is said dragonflies and frogs thrive in the woodland pools. to bring good luck. Please choose biodegradable material for your cloot!

There is also a longer Culloden Battlefield The Prisoners’

Trail, which explores the whole battle Photo: Colin Leslie Stone Trail information field area. Look out for the interpretive Lord President’s Seat benches situated around the route. Daviot Fitness Trail Trail information Great for dog walks or for running through the tall, airy pine and larch forest. Distance markers Culloden Wood Trail along this circuit of the forest will help you keep track of how far you’ve gone. Discover the forest’s battlefield landmarks and pagan traditions at the infamous Prisoners’ Stone Mostly a firm, smooth, 3 miles / and St Mary’s Well, a local ‘clootie well’. wide track but 4.8 kms occasionally uneven Allow  Mostly wide, uneven 2¼ miles / with some short 1½ hrs

gravel and earth 3.6 kms 220m narrow sections. surface. Some steep Allow  Gentle to moderate slopes with some short

slopes. Parts may 1½ hrs fairly steep sections.

be muddy after rain. 230m

240m 250m Link routes (not waymarked) There are a variety of routes which link to nearby Culloden Battlefield Trail places. You can join the historic military route

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This 9 kms (5½ miles) circular route 26 paths are not managed by Forestry Commission links Culloden Wood with Culloden 270m Scotland and can be wet and muddy in places).

Battlefield and the Cumberland 280m Or you can link through to the communities of Stone. You can join it from the Daviot to the South and Milton of Leys to the Culloden Wood Trail or start at the 70 71 north, both of which have long moderate and National Trust for Scotland Culloden Visitor Centre. steep slopes. St Mary’s Well