The Hermitage and Dunkeld: Big Tree Country
Grampian and Tayside, Scotland
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The Hermitage and Dunkeld: Big Tree Country
225 XP
Perthshire calls itself Big Tree Country, and the Hermitage outside Dunkeld is its showpiece: a path through tall Douglas firs along the River Braan to Ossian's Hall and the Black Linn Falls. In Dunkeld the Parent Larch is the last survivor of a group of larches brought from the Tyrol in 1738, which seeded the great larch plantings of the district. The cathedral beside it was built from 1260 to 1501 on the site of a monastery founded after Columba's mission, and in 1689 the Battle of Dunkeld was fought round it.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Walk the Hermitage among tall Douglas firs to Ossian's Hall and the Black Linn Falls on the River Braan
2
of 4
Find the Parent Larch near the cathedral, the last of the Tyrolean larches of 1738
3
of 4
Walk round Dunkeld Cathedral, built between 1260 and 1501
4
of 4
Find out what happened round the cathedral in the Battle of Dunkeld in 1689
Walk the Hermitage among tall Douglas firs to Ossian's Hall and the Black Linn Falls on the River Braan
Find the Parent Larch near the cathedral, the last of the Tyrolean larches of 1738
Walk round Dunkeld Cathedral, built between 1260 and 1501
Find out what happened round the cathedral in the Battle of Dunkeld in 1689
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