500 Million Years Ago

Perthshire is sometimes referred to as a gateway to the Highlands, and if you look at a map of Scotland it’s easy to see why. To the south and east are the gently rolling farmlands of the Strathmore Valley, Angus, and the Mearns; while to the north and west lie the dramatic and inhospitable heights of the Cairngorms and the Monadhliath. From its location on the northern edge of the Strathmore Valley, Blairgowrie makes an ideal vantage point to observe this contrast.

So what is behind, or in this case beneath, this dramatic and sudden change in the landscape?

Picts & Pictish Stones

The Picts were a confederation of Celtic-speaking people who lived in eastern and northern Scotland during the late Iron Age and Early Medieval periods. They came together to oppose the Romans. The name Pict comes from ‘picti,’ a Latin word meaning ‘painted people.’