Petty Church

The tiny kirk at Petty sits alone on the Black Isle, a couple of miles south of Fortrose, and honestly it's one of those places you'd miss entirely if you weren't deliberately looking for it. It's a proper old place - medieval stone and age-worn walls - that feels genuinely forgotten, which is rather the point of visiting it at all.

There's not much to do here in the active sense. You walk around the churchyard, have a look at the building itself, maybe photograph the gravestones if that's your thing. It takes twenty minutes maximum. But that's precisely why it works. This isn't a destination you spend half your day at; it's a quiet stop on a drive through the Black Isle, ideally combined with a walk on one of the local headlands or a pint in Fortrose proper.

History buffs will find something genuinely old here without the crowds you'd get at the big attractions. Walkers heading to nearby coastal paths might use it as a contemplative breather. Families with young children will probably find it a bit dull unless they're genuinely interested in graveyards, which some are.

If you're camping at Fortrose Bay Campsite or Barrow Campsite Nairn - both strong options for the area - it's absolutely worth a ten-minute diversion on your way elsewhere. Don't plan an outing around it, but do stop by. There's something rather lovely about these forgotten places that the tourist board hasn't got round to merchandising yet.