Location type

Place

Name and dates

Queen's Tree

Description

Queen Victoria visited Glenfinnan on Monday the 15th of September 1873. She saw the Glenfinnan Monument and the chapel of St Mary and St Finnan.

This tree was on the west side of the junction between the A803 and the dirt road up Glenfinnan. It is perhaps named for this visit.

She noted in her diary:

Scrambled up a hillock, off the road where we took our luncheon, & I sketched afterwards.

This hillock was perhaps not by the tree, but behind today's visitor centre.

Not far from the tree is the site of the banner unfurling, where there is an engraving into the bedrock celebrating the display of Charles Edward Stuart's royal standard.

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Tree
08/02/2021

Nearby stations Glenfinnan Lech-a-vuie Platform Locheilside Lochailort Loch Eil Outward Bound Corpach Beasdale Fort William [1st] Fort William Banavie Banavie Pier Arisaig Kentallen Morar Ballachulish Ferry	Glenfinnan Viaduct Craigag No 62 Tunnel Brein Choille Navvy Camp Abhainn Shlatach Navvy Camp Leachabhuidh No 78 Tunnel Leachabhuidh No 79 Tunnel Fionn Lighe Bridge Allt Lon a^ Mhuidhe Pneumatic Power Station East Loch Eilt Navvy Camp Kinlocheil Depot Tourist/other St Mary and St Finnan^s Church Glenfinnan Monument Loch Sheil Glenfinnan Pier Craigag Lodge
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.