PERTHSHIRE, KINROSS AND ANGUS | 63 St Vigeans Sculptured Stones
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ST VIGEANS SCULPTURED STONES
Stanley Mills
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SUNNYBRAE COTTAGE
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic beauty of Pictish art. Displayed and interpreted inside a converted cottage, this is one of the most important collections of Pictish Christian stones. It includes the Drosten Stone, which carries a remarkable inscription and includes a hooded hunter and a squatting imp.
Possibly the oldest house in Pitlochry. Remarkably, it has the remains of a cruck framed roof construction, with most of its last thatch still surviving beneath the later corrugated iron roof. External view only.
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1m N of Arbroath off the A92 to Montrose Postcode DD11 4RB • Telephone 01241 878756 Open by appointment only. Call nearby Arbroath Abbey on 01241 878 756 for details On the Arbroath Path Network No photography within museum Admission: Adult £5 Child £3 Concession £4 ★★★★★
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STANLEY MILLS
Get hands-on in one of our most dynamic sites. Picturesquely sited on the banks of the Tay, Stanley Mills were founded to process cotton at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the 1780s, repeatedly adapted to changes in the textile industry, and finally closed in 1989. Superb interactive games and displays bring the mill back to life – are your fingers as nimble as a child labourer’s or do you have the business acumen of a mill owner? Listen to the Gaelic poetry and stories of the displaced Highlanders who worked here after losing their homes in the Clearances.
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7.4m N of Perth, follow signs for Stanley Mills Postcode PH1 4QE • Telephone 01738 828268 Open 1 Apr to 30 Sep 9.30am to 5.30pm, Oct 10am to 4pm Admission: Adult £6 Child £3.60 Concession £4.80 Last entry 1 hour before closing
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156 Atholl Road, Pitlochry on the A924, the northernmost house NN 936 583
TEALING DOVECOT AND EARTH HOUSE 36 37
An elegant dovecot of the late 16th century standing in a modern farmyard. A short walk leads to the remains of an earth house, or souterrain, of Iron Age date, a curving underground passage, now uncovered. Re-used stones with Bronze Age rock carvings can be seen in its walls. Limited parking in farmyard beside dovecot.
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Close to the village of Balgray, 5m N of Dundee off the A90 NO 412 381 Access to the earth house is through land which may be used by livestock Open summer only
TULLIBARDINE CHAPEL
One of the most complete and unaltered small medieval churches in Scotland, founded in 1446 and largely rebuilt about 1500. Much architectural detail has survived.
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2m NW of Auchterarder off the A823 Crieff Road NN 909 134 Open summer only