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Port of Menteith is an hour’s drive from Glasgow and Edinburgh with their international airports and mainline railway stations. Stirling, with its links to the M80 (M74) and M9 motorways and mainline station, is half an hour away.

The local villages of Callander(6 miles) and Aberfoyle(3 miles) provide services for both tourists and the community.

Tourist Information Centres:

Trossachs Discovery Centre , Aberfoyle Tel: 01877 382352

Tourist Information, Ancaster Sq, Callander, Tel: 01877 330342

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Callander Office Tel: 01389 722600

Castle Rednock Trekking Centre

Castle Rednock Farm is a scenic working hill farm within the Stirling ,Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park and is of easy reach from the cities of Stirling,Edinburgh and Glasgow. It has been farmed by the More family for over a century and is the site of a medieval castle which has had commanding views of Stirling Castle and Wallace`s Monument. Castle Rednock land also has the advantage of panoramic views from the Ochils to Ben Lomond not to mention the unbeatable view of Scotland`s only `Lake of Menteith.

For the past eleven years we have operated a Pony Trekking business and are now expanding our outdoor activities to include:

Nordic Walking
Segway Trekking
Shetland Pony Driving
Orienteering

We welcome individuals, groups, families, corporate events and parties and cater for all abilities and ages above 4.
Our experienced staff will support you and strive to ensure challenge and enjoyment are built into your preferred activity

Website: www.rednock.horseriders.co.uk

Restoring our Church

A church existed in Port of Menteith in the 13th century as one of four linked to the Augustinian Priory of Inchmahome. Today the ruined priory is an Ancient Monument, and Port of Menteith Church is the only remaining one of those churches alive and thriving. The present building is the third on the site and was built in 1878. This church features an exceptionally beautiful Stephen Adam stained glass trefoil window depicting Faith, Hope and Charity, gifted in his memory by the family of James MacOran Campbell, Lord Provost of Glasgow 1840 and father of Henry Campbell Bannerman, Prime Minister 1905.

The Kirk sits surrounded by its ancient graveyard on the very edge of the Lake of Menteith in the Trossachs. It is a prominent landmark, the tower clearly visible from the Lake and when approaching by road. The Sunday carillon rings out over the Lake in all weathers: brilliant summer mornings, or snowy short winter days, and, being Scotland, the dreich grey days and stormy wild ones too. All this weather has taken a toll on the grey sandstone walls and the Kirk now needs urgent repairs to make it wind and watertight once more.

We are raising funds to help restore the building and would welcome your help. If you have visited the Kirk, perhaps for a wedding or during our summer open days, please consider helping us conserve this fine building for future generations. We welcome contributions from anyone with any connection with the Kirk or none, and hope you will also support our fundraising events.

For details, contact the Minister, Rev Linda Stewart, on 01877 382391.

Community Diary

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Every wave of the early migrant people who first populated Scotland, seems to have had a presence here in Menteith. From the first Mesolithic hunter gatherers, the earliest Neolithic farmers, through the Stone Age centuries to the Bronze and Iron Age folk, the Romans and the early Christians, all these ages of man have passed this way. As a result there are, for instance, cup and ring marked stones and crannogs to be discovered and of course, the lovely ruined priory on the Isle of Inchmahome.

Many people from Menteith have figured in Scotland’s sometimes troubled history, yet there were no great battles here, only little skirmishes. But lying on the boundary between Highland and Lowland Scotland inevitably led to traditions of conflict between raiding clansmen from the glens to the north, among them, Rob Roy MacGregor, and the local resident farming folk.

There are royal connections too. It is said that Robert the Bruce visited the Augustinian island Priory of Inchmahome immediately prior to his victory at Bannockburn in 1314 and the infant Mary, Queen of Scots was brought to the island for her safety after the disastrous Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547 and immediately prior to her departure for France. Charles 11 had occasion to stop here and more recently, Queen Victoria passed this way during her visits to the Trossachs.

Much of the fine farmland on the lower lying area owes its existence to the eighteenth and nineteenth century clearance of huge areas of peat, yet much of the moss land remains. Indeed, Flanders Moss is Europe’s biggest raised peat bog and, as such, is a National Nature Reserve, which now provides a viewing tower and a board walk for public access. During the Second World War, many tons of ammunition were stored in this area, forming the largest munitions dump in the UK.

This, therefore, is a real touchstone of the past where history ancient and modern, seems to come alive, where writers, poets and painters have paid homage to this place’s rich heritage. Among them Robert Bontine Cunningham Graham, local laird, politician and writer, who more than anyone perhaps, absorbed the unique atmosphere of the Port of Menteith and its lake – the only one in Scotland.

The area is very popular with cyclists and walkers.

The National Cycle Route 7 climbs over the Menteith Hills to Callander, and Wild Biking Scotland has details of other cycle routes in the area. Cycle hire is available locally from Mounter Bikes and Wheels Cycle Centre in Callander and Trossachs Cycle Centre in Aberfoyle.

There are also plenty of opportunities for walking in the area and a short distance away on the dramatic “Duke’s Pass” is the David Marshall Lodge, the Forestry Commission’s visitor center for the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. The grounds of the Lodge include a range of short and longer walks through the forest. Further information is available from Walk Highlands.