Are you looking to visit Bruce’s Stone at Loch Trool? We visited one Christmas with our children and it was beautiful. Being able to show them a stunning Scottish Loch filled with history and beauty. With waterfalls to find and countryside to walk in.
Whilst we were in Scotland for Christmas we visited Bruce’s Stone at Loch Trool. I wanted to show the children places that we would never find near us in Hampshire. Bruce’s Stone really did provide that for them!
Bruce’s Stone looks over Loch Trool, and is to commemorate Robert the Bruce, Kind of Scotland and the Battle of Trool in 1307. I mentioned when we visited Clatteringshaw Loch that we found one of Bruce’s Stones here too.
A very bitter battle occurred around here, with English soldiers being ambushed with stones as they walked along the shore of Loch Troll. Scotland has such impressive countryside; as we visited in the Winter, it was so peaceful and quiet. I cannot imagine the terrible sight of the battle here.
After visiting Bruce’s Stone, we headed down the hill towards Loch Trool. I wanted to show the children a waterfall up close as they had never seen one. We could see some water falling through the hills but weren’t sure if we could get to the end of it.
Following it down we came across bridges and mini waterfalls in the hills, but kept on going to find the big one!
Well, it wasn’t quite the waterfall I wanted to find, but it was pretty impressive and the rush of water coming down over the rocks was pretty fast and rough! I have since seen there was a steeper waterfall called the Buchan Burn Waterfall much closer to the car park!
The kids were impressed and we stayed here for quite a while, a bit too long as we then noticed the sun setting behind the hills!
So a quick walk back up to the top to get back to the car before it got dark! As Bruce’s Stone is in the Scotland Dark Sky area it was going to get very very dark and we didn’t fancy being out with the kids in the middle of the Scottish Forest on our first proper day in Scotland!!
This was a perfect Scottish walk for a family to do, with nice routes to take, waterfalls, history and a loch. We had a lovely time and was a good spot to walk with kids in Scotland.
Pictures Taken December 2018
Tips For Visiting Bruce’s Stone Loch Trool
- Parking in good sized car parks
- Easy access to Bruce’s Stone from car park
- Nice pathed walks in different directions
- Filled with History to find out
- Stunning views
- Larger and much harder to walk up to the Merrick hills from here
20 Comments
Amazing photos! That scenery is stunning and it is also a really interesting historical place to visit too.
Thanks, it’s such a stunning place to visit. I want to go back!!
It looks very beautiful. Your waterfall and river photos are stunning. I remember you tagging one on Instagram. So beautiful. I’d love to explore Scotland. I’ve only ever been to Edinburgh.
There are so many lovely places up there, we’ve been well and truly bitten by the Scotland bug!
What a stunning place to visit. Your photos are fantastic. We’ve never been to Scotland, but it’s definitely on our list. Thanks for sharing.
Oh yes keep it on your lists, it’s so beautiful up there
Such a beautiful place and so calming, but I BET it was brutal with all the battles it hides in its history. We have lots of random stones around us as well left by the vikings and Bronze Age they are so interesting and remind us of our past
Yes it was a very brutal but such a big part of History happen there too. It was very calm, even with our three!!
What a stunning place to visit. We fell in love with scotland last year but have so much more we want to see
We love it too, there are so many places to explore up there that I’m not sure we would ever tick off all the places I want to visit!!
This is so interesting and somewhere I had never heard of before! Your photos are absolutely beautiful too 🙂
Thank you very much, it was very beautiful
Oh my goodness that is so beautiful! I learned a bit about Robert the Bruce in College but they don’t tell you enough. You really have to learn on your own. At least here in the states anyway. Scotland is one of my top places to travel to in the future. I can’t wait to see all that beauty and learn all that history!
Its so beautiful there and so many places to explore, we can’t wait to go back one day and exploring some more
What an amazing place to explore! It looks lovely and the pictures of stream and countryside are beautiful. Even if it has a bit of a gruesome history!
My son enjoyed pretending to be Robert the Bruce sat upon the rock looking down!
The scenery and your photos look stunning. We bought a new camper van last year and we’re planning a road trip to Scotland at Easter and I can’t wait.
Have a wonderful time, that would be the best way to travel Scotland!
I love this kind of rugged nature and with such a fascinating story behind it. The waterfall is so beautiful.
The kids loved the waterfall, we stayed there a bit too long as the sun was setting!