5. Kingussie

Kingussie (its Gaelic name means 'the head of the pinewood') received a Barony Charter in 1451, but there was no village as such until the Duke of Gordon sponsored its development in the early nineteenth century. The village was also the birthplace of the Camanachd Association in 1893 - the ruling body of shinty.The Highland Folk Museum (Am Fasgadh) depicts the social history of the Highlands.In Kingussie, follow signs along Ruthven Road - standing high on a hill is Ruthven Barracks. Built in 1719, it was partly destroyed by the Jacobite Army in 1746. If you travel past the Barracks you will find the RSPB's Insh Marshes Reserve.