Glen Sheil

There's a powerful sense of history in Glen Shiel, with steep mountains rushing upwards from an historic battlefield where British government forces and an alliance of Jacobite and Spanish troops fought in 1719. You can also access a mountain path to the Five Sisters of Kintail ' a classic ridgewalk with three Munros (mountains over 3000 feet / 914 metres). The glen contains native tree species such as common alder, downy birch, sessile oak and rowan, and parts of the northern flanks of the upper glen have been afforested with a mix of Scots pine, Sitka spruce and Norway spruce. Be sure to look out for red deer.