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Dumyat.

The craggy hill at the west end of the Ochils, 418 metres high, with a trig point, a stone-filled beacon and a memorial to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on...

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From Issue 5 of Hidden Scotland magazineIssue 512 hours ago

Behind the Lens with Robert Andrew

Photographer Robert Andrew on ten years building mountain paths with Scotland's upland path crews, starting on Conic Hill above Balmaha, and photographing them on a battery-free Hasselblad.

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From the JournalThe journal6 hours agoStirlingshireStirling CastleAttractionStirlingBeheading StoneAttractionStirlingshireWallace MonumentAttractionStirlingCambuskenneth AbbeyAttraction

A Tour of Historic Stirling

When it comes to the history of Scotland, there are few places as important as Stirling.

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From the magazine3 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 08Issue 08Spring / Summer 2024

Tom Bowser, who runs Argaty Red Kites near Doune, brought beavers to his farm in 2021, and he says they have stopped most of its flooding.

He was the first private landowner since the Scottish Beaver Trial to introduce beavers to his land in Perthshire. The animals had been gone from Scotland for centuries, hunted for their fur and meat, until escapes in the early 2000s and the trial of 2009 to 2014 brought them back. On Tom's farm they have stored water through heatwave summers. 'The project has been a huge success,' he says. In spring and summer he runs beaver tours. 'We chuck the beavers carrots from time to time,' he says, so he knows they will be on the far side of the pond, where visitors can watch them from a safe distance.

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In Issue 13The magazine

A Taste of the Highlands

Jan Jacob Baak was told it couldn't be done: venison was simply too lean to make charcuterie without adding pork. What they didn't know was that Jan relishes a challenge.

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10 Interesting Things to do in Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire is full of history, from its castle and battlefields to its glens, gardens and canals.

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