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Perthshire

Regiments, rivers and battles.

Perthshire's museums bring its stories to life in some memorable places. Learn about Scotland's oldest Highland regiment in a castle beside the North Inch in Perth, discover how a hydro-electric dam changed a river at Pitlochry, and stand above the pass where a famous battle was fought in 1689. Each is small enough to see in an hour or two, so they fit easily into a day out, and they're perfect when the weather turns. Most have a café too.

Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre→
Killiecrankie Visitor Centre→
The Black Watch Castle & Museum→
Museum of the day17 hours 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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In Perthshire14 hours ago

Perth Museum is the only place in Scotland showing Isaac Julien's film installation about Frederick Douglass, who spoke four times on the very spot where the museum stands.

Douglass escaped slavery in America and toured Britain and Ireland in 1846 speaking against it, and in Perth he gave his four talks in the old City Hall, on the site where the museum stands today. Lessons of the Hour, Julien's film of his life, is the first stop on a tour by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland. It is free and runs until 11 April 2027.

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Sunset 18:049 hours ago

Golden hour at The Black Watch Castle & Museum.

The museum of Scotland's oldest Highland regiment, in Balhousie Castle beside the North Inch in Perth, open every day with a cafe and shop.

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From the magazine6 hours ago

In the 800s, with Viking raiders threatening the west coast, St Columba's bones were carried from the Isle of Iona to Dunkeld, in Perthshire, for safekeeping.

Dunkeld was chosen as a safe home for the nation's most important relics, and its cathedral, on the banks of the River Tay, is the oldest building in the town today. In 1689 it was at the heart of the Battle of Dunkeld, when government troops fought off the Jacobites, and if you look hard enough you might spot damage from musket balls in its walls. It is still a working church, with a small museum in the old Chapter Room. Behind the screen at the back lies the tomb of Alexander Stewart, son of King Robert II, better known as the Wolf of Badenoch.

See Dunkeld Cathedral · Perthshire
Just opened51 minutes ago

There is a crannog on Loch Tay again, five years after fire destroyed the last one.

The new Iron Age-style house stands off the shore at Dalerb, near Kenmore. The Scottish Crannog Centre takes visitors out to it on guided tours from its new museum and Iron Age village.

Photograph: VAREILLES Family on Google MapsSee The Scottish Crannog Centre · Perthshire
StayJust nowPerthshireMilton of Kincraigie3.0 milesPerthshireCharlottefield7.5 milesPerthshirePheasant Cottage9.8 miles

Stay near Killiecrankie Visitor Centre.

The three good places closest to it: Milton of Kincraigie, Charlottefield and Pheasant Cottage.

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