The result of late heavy snow affecting hanging flower baskets in the Scottish Highlands SCO 2185
Tomintoul is said to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands, but at 345 m (1,130 ft) is still significantly lower than the highest village in Scotland (Wanlockhead, in Dumfries and Galloway). The three hotels, restaurant, cafe, museum and handful of shops are scattered around the picturesque central square. Its current appearance is an improvement on that in 1860, when Queen Victoria recorded that it was "the most tumbledown, poor-looking place I ever saw". The village was laid out on a grid pattern by the 4th Duke of Gordon in 1775. It followed the construction, twenty years previously, of a military road by William Caulfield – now the A939. By 1841 the parish reached a population of 1,722. In 1951 this had fallen to just 531. The 2001 census reveals a village population of 322 with the total parish population now unavailable. The 2004 film One Last Chance starring Kevin McKidd and Dougray Scott was filmed in the village and the areas around it. Despite its small size, it is on the famed Whisky Trail, which also includes Dufftown, Keith, Tomnavoulin, and Marypark. SCO 2185
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Location: Tomintoul Highland Region Inverness-shire Scotland.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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