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in Perthshire.

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Perthshire

Mills, libraries and old battles.

Perthshire's history is full of surprises. Visit Scotland's first free public lending library, founded in the seventeenth century, or a working watermill on a site milled since the 1590s. At Killiecrankie, a soldier is said to have leapt across the river in a narrow gorge to escape. There's the museum of Scotland's oldest Highland regiment in Perth and the story of the Pitlochry dam. Most are small and easy to fit into a day out, and perfect when it rains.

Soldier's Leap→
Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre→
Blair Atholl Watermill→
Innerpeffray Library→
Killiecrankie Visitor Centre→
The Black Watch Castle & Museum→
From our guide19 hours ago

Innerpeffray Library.

Book-lovers, step this way. As the oldest lending library in the whole of Scotland, this wonderfully hushed venue exudes a rare sense of history, dating back as it does to 1680. Guided tours are available, and you’re still able to browse some of the rare titles in the collection.

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The newest places on our pages in Perthshire.

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Lunch15 hours agoPerthshireKilliecrankie House300 yardsPerthshireMoulin Hotel and Brewery2.7 milesPerthshireHettie's Tea Rooms3.0 miles

Lunch near Soldier's Leap.

The three good places closest to it: Killiecrankie House, Moulin Hotel and Brewery and Hettie's Tea Rooms.

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From our guide14 hours ago

The Earthquake House.

Comrie might seem a quiet charmer of a village, with its riverside location and whitewashed church, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. Often known as ‘Shaky Toun’, it sits bang on the Highland Boundary Fault, meaning it experiences more tremors and earthquakes than any other settlement in the UK. It also explains the presence of the so-called Earthquake House, a tiny building constructed way back in the 1870s to house what was the world’s first modern seismometer. Today it’s one of the smallest listed buildings in Europe, and you’re welcome to visit and peek through the windows.

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Stay12 hours agoPerthshireMurrayshall2.8 milesPerthshireThe Cabin at Fairygreen6.3 milesPerthshireFairygreen Cottage8.1 miles

Stay near The Black Watch Castle & Museum.

The three good places closest to it: Murrayshall, The Cabin at Fairygreen and Fairygreen Cottage.

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From our guide4 hours ago

Blair Atholl Watermill.

This handsome attraction is the country’s oldest watermill, still fully functioning, and stone-grinding oatmeal and flour in the traditional manner for the on-site tearooms. It dates back to the late 16th century, though it fell out of use in the 1920s before restoration began in the 1970s.

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Museums and history37 minutes ago

Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre.

SSE's visitor centre above the Pitlochry dam on the Tummel, with exhibitions on hydro power and the salmon, a cafe over the water and the fish ladder below.

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