Since the Trust’s formation in 1990, the volunteer Trustees and Members have been involved in many heritage projects on Bute.
In 2004 the Bute Conservation Trust initiated the Discover Bute Landscape Partnership Scheme as part of the Trust’s aim of conserving the natural, built and social heritage of Bute.
The Trust is always looking for members who want to be involved in Bute’s built and natural heritage.
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Latest News
November 2021: Fallen tree blocking Suidhe Wood Path
Fallen tree blocking Suidhe Wood Path: The Bute Conservation Trust team of volunteers spent a busy morning cutting up a tree blown down in the recent stormy weather.
September 2021: A return visit to the new hedge on the Scalpsie beach path.
The Bute Conservation Trust volunteers returned to see how the new hedge is growing and to clear away weeds close to the new planting. It will soon be ready for a mulch of bark or seaweed. The team from Scalpsie Farm and the volunteers are in the picture - Billy...
August 2021: Clearing and cutting on the Cnocnicoll Wood Path
The Cnocnicoll Wood path is a lovely woodland walk plus a chance to see a surviving section of the ‘Thom’s Cut’ for channelling run-off water towards Bute’s lochs and eventually to power the mill in Rothesay. The team of BCT Volunteers turned out on a very wet late...
