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Pitlochry Baptist Church, built in 1884, is situated at the east end of the main street. There is a Roman Catholic church, St Bride's, at Rie-achan near Loch Faskally which was established in 1949 as a temporary facility for workers building the dam and power-station there. However, when the workers moved on the chapel remained and following a ...
The Black Castle of Moulin (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Dubh Mhaothlinne, also known as An Sean Chaisteal), is a ruined castle located in Moulin near Pitlochry, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. [1] The castle was built about 1326 by Sir John Campbell of Lochawe on an island, or crannog, in a loch, now drained.
The loch is retained by the Pitlochry Dam which was built by Wimpey Construction between 1947 and 1950 [1] as part of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Tummel Hydro-Electric Power Scheme. [2] The dam incorporates a salmon fish ladder, allowing around 5,400 salmon to ascend annually, and is a popular visitor attraction.
The Falls of Bruar are a series of waterfalls on the Bruar Water in Scotland, about 8 miles (13 kilometres) from Pitlochry in the council area of Perth and Kinross.They have been a tourist attraction since the 18th century and were immortalized in a poem by Robert Burns, The Humble Petition of Bruar Water to the Noble Duke of Atholl, supposedly from the river itself entreating the Duke to ...
The Old Mill Inn is a public house and country inn in Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. A former gristmill dating to the 18th century, it won the Scottish Inn of the Year in 2016. [1] It has won several other awards. [2] The building still has a functioning water wheel. [2]
Port na Craig (also spelt Port-na-Craig or Port-na-craig) is a historic village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, located directly across the River Tummel from Pitlochry. [1]A ferry connected Port na Craig and Pitlochry from the 12th century until 1913, when a pedestrian bridge was built between the two.