Craigower

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Craigower

Perthshire

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Grid reference: NN925606
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Website: Craigower

Craigower is a hillside in Perthshire, near Pitlochry. The hilltop over 11 acres spreads over the slope of in open heathland with scattered Scots pines. On a clear day the stunning view takes in Lochs Tummel and Rannoch and the distant hills of Glencoe.

Naturalists prize the hillside, which is locally important for butterflies, with fourteen species recorded, including the Green Hairstreak in spring and Scotch Argus in the late summer.

Craigower is owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

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