Local Area
The area of
Auchterarder is set in an area of outstanding natural
beauty. The following links show a wide range of local
attractions in the area.
- Ardunie Roman Signal Station The site of a Roman watch tower on the Gask Ridge dating to the first century. Accessed by footpath 1m NW of the village of Denfield on the Trinity Gask road off the B8062 Crieff to Auchterarder road.
-
Auchingarrich
Wildlife Centre
Set in 400 acres of beautiful Perthshire
countryside you would be hard pressed to find a
better or more scenic location for a wildlife
centre than that at Auchingarrich. STB 3 Star
Attraction. Comrie, Perthshire PH6 2JS.
- Blackhill Camp Roman Site Parts of the defences of two Roman marching camps, probably dating to the early third century. 0.5m N of Braco off the A822 Crieff road just past the junction with the B827 Comrie road.
- Crieff Visitor Centre Restaurant, exhibition, pottery, garden centre. Muthill Road, Crieff PH7 4HQ.
- Drummond Castle Gardens One of the finest formal gardens in Europe. Drummond Castle, Muthill, Crieff PH7 4HZ.
-
Famous Grouse
Experience
Glenturret Distillery. The Hosh, Crieff,
Perthshire PH7 4HA. STB 5 Star Attraction.
-
Fowlis Wester
Sculptured Stone
A tall cross-slab with Pictish symbols, figural
scenes and ornate decoration. The original is
now in the village church; a replica stands in
the square. At Fowlis Wester, 6m NE of Crieff
off the A85.
-
Innerpeffray
Chapel
A rectangular collegiate church founded in 1508.
Still retains its altar, evidence of its
furnishings and some painted details. Off the
B8062 midway between Crieff and Auchterarder
-
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. 2m NW of
Auchterarder off the A823 Crieff road.
-
Tullibardine
Distillery
Distillery and Tullibardine 1488 Visitor Centre.
Blackford, Perthshire PH4 1QG.
-
Gleneagles Furniture Centre, Next door to Jon &
Fernanda's Restaurant
http://www.gleneaglesfurniturecentre.co.uk/
