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Your return journey can only be by the outward route.

WALK 1.3

Armadale

Start/Finish Clan Donald Visitor Centre, Armadale (NG639045) Distance 5.5km (3½ miles) Total ascent 205m (670ft) Map OS Explorer 412

You have to pay to do this walk, the price of admission to the Armadale Estate, but in return for consent to explore one of Skye’s beautiful estates it is a small price to pay. After your walk, or maybe before, you should visit the Museum of the Isles in the Visitor Centre to learn something of the history of the Clan Donald over 1,300 years. (Armadale Castle Gardens and Museum of the Isles, Armadale, Sleat, Isle of Skye IV45 8RS; Tel: 01471 844305 or 01471 844227; Fax: 01471 844275; Email: office@clandonald.com; Website: www.clandonald.com). One of the great bonuses of this short walk are the excellent views throughout of the mountains on the Scottish mainland, around Glenelg and Knoydart.

From the car park, walk towards the ticket office, and then follow a broad track to the ruins of Armadale Castle. Pass in front of the castle, and then immediately turn right to follow the Red Trail, which shortly bears left. (Walks through the estate grounds are waymarked, and this walk begins along the Red Trail but later turns onto the Blue Trail).