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About 250 people marched to the Wallace Monument in Stirling to protest against plans to erect huge pylons across Scotland.
Opponents used the 700th anniversary of William Wallace’s death to voice concerns about the pylons which they said would ruin historic landscapes.
The Scottish and Southern Energy project has been designed to take power from planned new wind farms.
The campaigners are calling for a public inquiry.
The protesters, including Fife MSP Brian Monteith, marched across fields which they said would be crossed by the new pylons.
They also hovered a large balloon at about 200ft above the ground, the same height as some of the planned pylons.
One of the organisers, Alison Grave, said: “We had people there from Lewis to Lanark.
“We want to let people know what’s being proposed for Scotland.
“There are about 250 wind farm applications in the planning system already. That is utter madness without having an energy strategy in place.”
Scottish and Southern Energy has drawn up plans to run the 400,000-volt transmission line 137 miles (220km) from Beauly in the Highlands to Denny in central Scotland.
It said the £320m cable was needed to meet green energy targets set by ministers and the EU.

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