Badenoch & Strathspey: Ruthven Barracks, Frank Bruce Sculpture Trail, and more!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Highland Folk Museum, Aultlarie Croft Kingussie Road, Newtonmore PH20 1AY Scotland

The Highland Folk Museum provides visitors with an insight into how Highland people lived and worked from the 1700s right up to the 1950s. The Open Air Museum has more than 30 appropriately furnished historical buildings. There is a a café, gift shop, and children’s playground. Admission is free however donations are gratefully accepted.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Ruthven Barracks, Kingussie, Newtonmore Scotland

The Ruthven Barracks were built by King George II’s government between 1719 and 1721 following the Jacobite rising of 1715. They were built to police the area and enforce the Disarming Act of 1716.
During the rising of 1745, 300 Jacobites besieged the barracks, but were prevented from taking the strategically important site by just 12 Government troops, one of which lost his life when looking over the parapet.
In February 1746 the Jacobites returned with heavy guns and soon forced the garrison to surrender. Then in April 1746 the Jacobites were defeated at the Battle of Culloden. The retreating soldiers regrouped at the barracks to await their orders from the Bonnie Prince Charlie. On April 20th, they received word which read ‘Let every man seek his own safety in the best way he can’. The Jacobites destroyed the barracks to prevent them from being used again.
Ruthven Barracks are open all year round and are free to visit.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Frank Bruce Sculpture Trail, Kincraig Scotland

Frank Bruce was a self-taught sculptor from a village in Aberdeenshire who died in 2009. This woodland walk is the only one of its type in the Cairngorm National Park, and his carvings explore aspects of Scottish culture and our relationship with others.These sculptures, primarily made out of wood, are designed to decay over time and return back to nature. The trail is just over a mile long over easy, well maintained paths, but as this is Scotland, comfortable walking shoes and a raincoat or umbrella are recommended. Admission is free.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: The Old Packhorse Bridge, B9153 Centre of the village, access from the village parking, Carrbridge, Aviemore Scotland

The Old Packhorse Bridge was built in 1717 and as such, celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2017. It is a testament to the engineers and builders that created it, that it has stood up to many floods over the years without collapsing. The bridge was originally built in order to allow funeral processions to access the Duthil Church when the river was in spate, and as a result the locals refer to it as "the coffin bridge".

Duration: 15 minutes