A wander around Dunkeld and The Hermitage. From Dunkeld & Birnam railway station we head across the 1809 bridge over the River Tay, designed by Thomas Telford and coping admirably with a lot of modern traffic. We wander by the old fountain and the Ell Shop, and pop into Dunkeld Cathedral to see the stone effigy and tomb of Alexander Stewart, the Earl of Buchan, otherwise known as the Wolf of Badenoch. Also in this vestibule is a memorial plaque to Lieutenant Colonel William Cleland who died while commanding a newly-formed regiment of Cameronians at the Battle of Dunkeld on 21st August 1689. In the Cathedral we look briefly at that battle and the first Jacobite Rising, and the after-effects of the Battle of the Boyne and the Glorious Revolution on today's society.
In Little Dunkeld we stop by the grave of famous 18th century fiddler Neil Gow, then head, via Inver, for The Hermitage, a magical place of roaring waterfalls and giant trees. There, we stop awhile in the 18th century Ossian's Hall and watch a young man carry out death-defying manoeuvres above the Black Linn Falls on the River Braan.
Apologies for misspelling Niel's name at the end.
17 окт 2021
