Perth and Kinross trail

Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum

This museum is located in the village of Meigle/Migeil in Perth and Kinross. It is about four miles west from Eassie. It is an old village school and contains over thirty carved Pictish stones dating from the 8th,9th and 10 centuries AD. It is located in the centre of Meigle on the A94 west from Glamis and Eassie and open from April until September.

Macbeths Stone

This Menhir has cup marks on both sides and is located southwest from Meigle and Belmont Castle.

Blair Castle

This is located off the A9 at Blair Atholl/Blat Athall about thirty miles north of Perth. The earliest part of castle, Cumming's Tower, dates from 1269 and was extended in 1530 to create a Great Hall. Significant remodelling was undertaken on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The castle is open to the public and as home to the Dukes of Atholl the castle tours describe the history of the castle and family and their involvement in the history of Scotland/Alba and the Isle of Man/Mannin. The castle and grounds are open from the beginning of April to the end of October in the summer time and at weekends in the winter. Information can be obtained from their website www.blair-castle.co.uk

Castle Menzies

This is the seat of the Chiefs of Clan Menzies. It is a sixteenth century castle and where in 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie rested for two nights on his was to Culloden. The castle is located at Weem, north of the River Tay about one and a half miles from Aberfeldy along the B846. It is open to the public between the 1sr April to mid-October daily.

Huntingtower Castle

This was built from the fifteenth century by the Clan Ruthven and was previously known as the Place Ruthven. It was renamed Huntingtower after the demise of the Ruthven's following their plots against King James VI. The castle has two complete tower houses with the eastern tower noted for it's painted ceiling. It is open daily throughout the year. It is located close to the village of Huntingtower close to the A9 to the northwest of Perth.

Scone Palace

This is situated about two miles north from Perth off the A93. The house and grounds are open to the public and offer a range of facilities. Scone was once the crowning place of the Kings of Scotland and the home of Stone of Scone (Stone of Destiny). Robert the Bruce was crowned at Scone in 1306 and in 1651 Charles II was crowned here as King of Scots some nine years before being restored to the English throne. The place of coronation was known as Caislean Credi (Hill of Credulity) now known as Moot Hill where a replica of the Stone of Scone can be seen. The Palace and grounds are open from the 1st April to 31st October.

Perth Museum and Art Gallery

This is open throughout the year Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm and located in Perth at the north end of the town centre in George Street. The collections cover history, natural history and art including The St Madoes Stone, a Pictish eighth century AD carved slab stone.

Echo Castle

This is a well preserved mid-sixteenth century Z-plan tower house with the remains of curtain walls and towers. The castle is open in the summers months from 1st April -30th September daily. It is located beside the south bank of the River Tay about four miles southeast of Perth.

Balvaird Castle

This is located on a hilltop in the Ochil Hills off the A912 about three miles from Glenfarg which of the M90 south from Perth in Perthshire. It was built in and has a three storey L-shaped tower house which is open to the public during summer weekends. On the site are also the remains of a number of courtyard buildings.

Burleigh Castle

This is a fifteenth and sixteenth century castle that was originally home to the Balfours. The remains of the castle consist of the late fifteenth early sixteenth century tower house, a sixteenth century corner tower, part of the court yard and part of the curtain wall. It is located south along the M90 from Perth and just outside Milnathort which is a village about one and a half miles north of Kinross/Ceann Rois.

Loch Leven Castle

This is a castle located on an island on the west of Loch Leven/Loch Liobhann in Perth and Kinross. Parts of the remains of the castle date back to the thirteenth century with the square keep dating from the sixteenth century. It was the place of imprisonment for Mary Queen of Scots between 1567 and 1568. The castle is open to the public daily from the 1st April -31st October and reached by ferry from Kinross/Ceann Rois.

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