This is an old Scottish town worth looking at on any tours of Scotland. On the high ground overlooking the town is Castle Law. This is a timber laced fort of the Iron Age. It was excavated at the beginning of this century and yielded a bronze brooch. The...
This is a castle situated near Perth, in Perthshire. The village of Huntingtower is nearby. It is a hidden gem on any tours of Scotland. The castle is a very fine castellated house of the 15th and 16th centuries. It has very fine painted wooden ceilings. There are also old...
This picturesque village is well worth a visit on any tours of Scotland. It is a recognised ancient site above Pitlochry. The church has a lintel stone with the date 1613. The building was enlarged in 1704 and improved again in 1787. In the graveyard there are interesting graves...
This is a small town in Perthshire, Scotland. It is interesting on tours of Scotland because of the castle and history involved with the town. Inchaffray Abbey was built in 1328. The castle, traditionally a royal hunting seat, is just North of the town. Only the donjon keep and...
This is a village in Perthsire, Scotland. The attraction for anyone on tours of Scotland include a church and a castle. Only a fragment of the church from 1433. But from a carved stone it is possible to assume that the church was added by Margaret, the widow...
The River Tummel ruins in and out of the narrow strip of the loch of the same name before uniting with the River Garry just south of the Pass of Killiecrankie. Until 1950 the river then continued its flow through the town of Pitlochry to...
Though the first association with ‘Gleneagles’ is likely to be the golf course and hotel, there is in fact a glen of that name running through the Ochil Hills a little to the south. Moreover, the name has nothing to do with birds, deriving from the Gaelic eaglais,...
Lodged snugly in a lush valley alongside the M90, Perth’s biggest drawcard is historical Scone Palace, but the city’s grand Georgian buildings by the banks of the River Tay possess their own splendour. This market town was once a weaving, dyeing and glove-making centre and...