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Glenfinnan Monument and Visitor Centre
The National Trust for Scotland
Glenfinnan, PH37 4LT
  01397 722 250
The monument, situated on the scenic Road to the Isles, is set amid superb Highland scenery at the head of Loch Shiel.
It was erected in 1815 in tribute to the clansmen who fought and died in the Jacobite cause.
Prince Charles Edward Stuart's standard was raised near here over 250 years ago in 1745.
Despite its inspired beginnings, the campaign came to a grim conclusion on the Cullodon battlefield in 1746.
In the Visitor Centre is an exhibition, 'Glenfinnan and the '45' and commentary in four languages about the raising of the standard.
Open: Site: all year, daily. Visitor Centre: Good Fri to 31 Oct, daily 10-5; 1 Jul to 31 Aug, daily 9.30-5.30; Nov, weekends only 10-4.
Travel Directions: A830, 18 miles west of Fort William.
Rail: Glenfinnan station 1 mile.
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