Muckle Mill & Ericht Linen
An industry takes hold. Just above the Brig ‘o’ Blair on the right bank of the Ericht stood the oldest spinning mill on the river. This was the Muckle (or...
Oakbank Mill
A first for jute. This mill building is one of the few that remain standing of the group of flax and jute mills that run along each side of the...
Old Curling Pond, Wester Tullochcurran
Site of one of Scotland’s favourite winter pastimes. Curling is a team sport played by two teams of four players on a rectangular sheet of ice. Its nickname, “The Roaring...
Pack Bridge
One of the oldest masonry bridges in Scotland. Alyth’s Pack Bridge (intended to carry packhorses loaded with sidebags or panniers across the burn) is one of the oldest masonry bridges...
Park Neuk Stone Circle
A hidden treasure from pre-history. This small Four Poster stone circle, so called because of the prominent upright stones that feature in each corner of a rectangle, is beautifully set...
Pitcarmick House
Remains of a Pictish home. Careful scrutiny of the very tussocky ground on this site still reveals the outline of a Pictish Longhouse called a Pitcarmick House. Archaeologists surveying North...
Pitcarmick Roundhouses
Site of Bronze Age dwellings. This area has been farmed since the early Bronze Age, during which time people lived in round houses - remnants of which, like these, you...
Pitcrocknie Stone
A fine example of a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age Standing Stone. Travelling out of Alyth on the B952, on the right hand side of the road, a few...
Plash Mill
Flax into Linen. The textile industry in Blairgowrie began with the production of linen; jute was not processed until the middle of the 19th century. This Mill was used for...
River Ericht
One of the Ecomuseum’s most scenic rivers. The rapid and often turbulent water course of the River Ericht is formed from the confluence of the rivers Blackwater and Ardle which...