Vale of Atholl

Blair Atholl
Map of this area

The last place of any size on the Great North Road. prior to following Wade's highway through Glen Garry and the Pass of Drumochter to Speyside. The village was removed from the vicinity of its main attraction, Blair Castle, in the 18C.

Mill

In this corn mill (rebuilt following a fire in 1981), the exhibits trace the different stages of milling from hopper room to basement.

Atholl Country Collection

The Old School. This small but well presented local museum gives an insight to life in Atholl of yesteryear. Exhibits range from a domestic interior to agricultural implements and tools of such rapidly disappearing craftsmen as blacksmiths and wheelwrights.

Falls of Bruar

3 miles to the west. Riverside paths on both sides and two bridges allow the visitor to go up one side and down the other. Both paths afford good views of the rushing water and deep pools as the Bruar Water follows its channel through solid rock.

Clan Donnachaidh Museum

Beyond the Falls of Bruar on the main road. The museum tells the clan story and that of its chiefs who descend from the Celtic earls of Atholl. Among the early chiefs was Stout Duncan whose contribution at the Battle of Bannockburn proved decisive. From his great grandson. Robert, came the surname Robertson. Clan Donnachaidh includes the septs Robertson, Duncan, Reid and other associated families. Also illustrated are clan country, the work of the Clan Society and prominent clansmen and women, both at home and overseas.

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