Neil Oliver with local children and NTS Staff at Glencoe.
National Trust for Scotland president Neil Oliver visited Glencoe to recognise the site as Scotland’s newest National Nature Reserve (NNR). Joined by schoolchildren and charity Staff , he unveiled a plaque to celebrate Glencoe’s status as an NNR.
Neil also met Derek Alexander, head of archaeological services, to hear about finds made in recent digs around Glencoe. NNRs are areas of land set aside to conserve important habitats and species and to give people the opportunity to enjoy and connect with nature. Glencoe was one of the first places to come under the stewardship and protection of the National Trust for Scotland when it was acquired by the conservation charity in 1935. It is the eighth NNR the organisation manages.