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Perthshire Castles & Heritage

Perthshire is bursting with fascinating castles and heritage attractions to visit. Here are our top recommendations. 

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Glamis Castle
Angus, DD8 3EL

The family home of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Glamis Castle is the legendary setting for Shakespeare's Macbeth, the childhood home of HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother and the birthplace of Princess Margaret. 

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Scone Palace
Perth, PH2 6BD

Scone Palace has an exciting and colourful history as one of Scotland's most important stately homes. Fifteen hundred years ago it was the capital of the Picts. In the intervening centuries, it has been the seat of parliaments and the crowning place of the Kings of Scots, including Macbeth and Robert The Bruce. 

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Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre & Fish Ladder
Pitlochry PH16 5AP

Situated on the banks of the River Tummel, the centre features a gift shop and café with jaw dropping views of Pitlochry Dam and Loch Faskally. The free to enter attraction tells the story of the amazing engineering feats that first brought hydro electricity to the Highlands in the 1950s. Visitors can enjoy discovering the secrets of the annual journey made by salmon when they return to their native Perthshire rivers to spawn and the part played by the salmon ladder, which has been crossed by over 250,000 salmon since it was built in 1952. Children can move salmon up the ladder themselves thanks to the ‘hands on’ display as well as charge up a light bulb themselves, to experience how we can create the power of electricity.

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Blair Castle & Gardens
Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, PH18 5TL

Discover Blair Castle, the ancient seat of the Dukes and Earls of Atholl and home to Europe's last remaining private army, the Atholl Highlanders. More than 30 rooms are on display, full of Scottish cultural history, architectural design, period furnishings, family portraits, landscape paintings and a colourful military past.

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Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Port na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR

Pitlochry Festival Theatre is nestled amidst the stunning landscapes of Highland Perthshire, and offers a truly enchanting setting for theater enthusiasts. The theare attracts over 100,000 people each year. It is famous for its high quality productions which receive critical acclaim year after year and rival those put on at top London play houses. The summer season gives an opportunity to see several different shows in one week. The Christmas Show is always a huge hit too.

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The Black Watch Castle and Museum
Hay Street, Perth, PH1 5HR

A 5-star award-winning visitor attraction located in the beautiful city of Perth. The venue comprises The Black Watch Museum, Castle Cafe and Gift Shop. Housed within the historic Balhousie Castle, the origins of which are said to date back to the 12th century.

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Discovery Point & RRS Discovery
Discovery Point Dundee, DD1 4XA

Experience life in the Antarctic with Captain Scott and his crew on the RRS Discovery at Discovery Point. Uncover the tale of one of the most heroic voyages of exploration ever undertaken. 

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V&A Dundee
1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ

The first V&A museum in the world outside London and the first ever dedicated design museum in Scotland, V&A Dundee welcomes you to the world of design and encourages you to explore how design creativity can be provocative, ingenious or simply breathtaking.

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Stanley Mills
Bell Mill, Stanley, PH1 4QE

Stanley Mills is a unique complex of water-powered cotton mills situated on a majestic bend in the River Tay. There are superb interactive displays and games that help you to experience working life here. Find out if your fingers are as nimble as a child labourer’s – or whether you can match the business acumen of a mill owner.

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The Verdant Works
West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee, DD1 5BT

This world class visitor attraction which tells the story of Dundee’s industrial textile heritage in the atmospheric setting of a beautifully refurbished Mill building.  Hear the tales of the mill workers, see how they lived and worked in an industry which enveloped Dundee.

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Perth Museum and Art Gallery
George Street, Perth, PH1 5LB

One of Scotland's oldest established museums and home to more than half a million local, national and international objects. Family-friendly exhibitions feature interactive trails, puzzles and games. 

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Balmoral Castle
Ballater, Aberdeenshire, AB35 5TB

Balmoral Castle has been the Scottish home of the Royal Family since it was purchased for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852, having been first leased in 1848.  The Castle is an example of Scots Baronial architecture and is classified by Historic Scotland as a category A listed building. 

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Elcho Castle
Rhynd, Perth, PH2 8QQ

Imagine the comfortable life of the laird and lady of this fine house, their second home in the country. Built around 1560, the fortified mansion is one of Scotland’s best-preserved 16th-century tower houses.

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The Scottish Crannog Centre
Kenmore, Aberfeldy PH15 2NX

2,500 years ago, some people across Scotland lived in Iron Age loch-dwellings known as “Crannogs”. 17 of these have been found on Loch Tay in Perthshire and since 1980. The Crannog Centre museum holds ancient artifacts, and an Iron Age village, crafted with locally sourced materials, showcasing traditional craftsmanship with hands-on activities. Soon you will be able to witness the first of THREE crannogs being constructed over the water.

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The Cateran Ecomuseum

The Cateran Ecomuseum is a museum without walls, all its sites are outside. Situated on the 500-million-year-old Highland Boundary Fault – the great geological feature that divides the Scottish Highlands from the Lowlands – the area’s human history stretches back through millennia with sites identified from Neolithic times.

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