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Explore the Iron Age of Loch Tay & Loch Tummel EXPLORE The map shows 3 key visitor sites on Loch Tay and Loch Tummel – more N information on these can be found within. The Scottish Crannog Centre, Loch Tay Caisteal Mac Tuathal hillfort, Drummond Hill, Kenmore Queen’s View, Loch Tummel There is car parking, clearly marked access, and lots to see… A9 G l e Many more sites can be found on available OS maps and for those who n E r r Ben Vrackie o c h t y Queens View Ringfort 841m want to delve deeper into the past, but we suggest the six sites (shown on the map in green). Again more information can be found within… B8019 Pitlochry Loch Tummel A924 n o c h Tummel Bridge R a n L o c h Kinloch 6: Borenich Ringfort Rannoch 1: Black Spout Ringfort Shiehallion Meall Tairneachan 1083m 787m a y B846 T r Carn Mairg e i v 1042m Caisteal Mac Tuathal Hillfort R 3: An Dun Geal Hillfort Aberfeldy 2: Glen Lyon Ringfort Route o n 5: Caisteal Dubh Hillfort n L y G l e Fortingall Kenmore 4: The Dun Hillfort A826 Cashlie The Scottish Crannog Centre Pubil Ben Lawers 1214m G l e Lawers n Q A822 u a 0 4 8 miles Loch Tay i c h 0 5 10 km www.pkht.or.uk Explorer Guide 2 Guide Explorer (artist: Chris Mitchell © Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust). Countryside Kinross and Perth © Mitchell Chris (artist: Above: How the site may have looked around 100 BC BC 100 around looked have may site the How Above: (photoraphy: Eddie Martin © Forestry Commission Scotland). Commission Forestry © Martin Eddie (photoraphy: Front Cover: the Queen’s View rinfort, overlookin Loch Tummel Tummel Loch overlookin rinfort, View Queen’s the Cover: Front the Picts and Scots. and Picts the emerence of the early historic kindoms of of kindoms historic early the of emerence between AD208 and 210) and ends with the the with ends and 210) and AD208 between Roman Empire… Roman Severus of campain the to 70s AD the in one thousand year story on the ede of the the of ede the on story year thousand one Aricola of advance the (from activity military key sites and providin an introduction to our our to introduction an providin and sites key Roman of centuries the includes It history. Hihland Perthshire: leadin you to fantastic fantastic to you leadin Perthshire: Hihland of years thousand one over spans and BC This leaflet is your uide to the Iron Ae of of Ae Iron the to uide your is leaflet This 700 around beins Scotland in Ae Iron The loch-dwellins known as crannos. as known loch-dwellins kin. their and farmers Ae Iron of homesteads was also an important time for the the for time important an also was fortified the crannos, and duns rinforts, monumental roundhouses were built – and it it and – built were roundhouses monumental smaller many of evidence find can you structures in the Iron Ae. Hillforts, duns and and duns Hillforts, Ae. Iron the in structures and further Explore dominions. ancient their LOCH TAY & LOCH TUMMEL LOCH & TAY LOCH construction of new types of defensive defensive of types new of construction over views fine commandin still hillforts, pressure on land and resources led to the the to led resources and land on pressure mihty once find can you Here Tay. Loch became colder and wetter. The resultin resultin The wetter. and colder became and Tummel Loch Rannoch, Loch around EXPLORE THE IRON AGE OF OF AGE IRON THE EXPLORE climatic deterioration and the weather weather the and deterioration climatic lens and mountains the than so more none the second millennium BC) there was serious serious was there BC) millennium second the and - history in steeped landscapes dramatic At the end of the Bronze Ae (which spanned spanned (which Ae Bronze the of end the At and excitin of full is Perthshire Hihland EXPLORE The map shows 3 key visitor sites on Loch Tay and Loch Tummel – more N information on these can be found within. The Scottish Crannog Centre, Loch Tay Caisteal Mac Tuathal hillfort, Drummond Hill, Kenmore Queen’s View, Loch Tummel There is car parking, clearly marked access, and lots to see… A9 G l e Many more sites can be found on available OS maps and for those who n E r r Ben Vrackie o c h t y Queens View Ringfort 841m want to delve deeper into the past, but we suggest the six sites (shown on the map in green). Again more information can be found within… B8019 Pitlochry Loch Tummel A924 n o c h Tummel Bridge R a n L o c h Kinloch 6: Borenich Ringfort Rannoch 1: Black Spout Ringfort Shiehallion Meall Tairneachan 1083m 787m a y B846 T r Carn Mairg e i v 1042m Caisteal Mac Tuathal Hillfort R 3: An Dun Geal Hillfort Aberfeldy 2: Glen Lyon Ringfort Route o n 5: Caisteal Dubh Hillfort n L y G l e Fortingall Kenmore 4: The Dun Hillfort A826 Cashlie The Scottish Crannog Centre Pubil Ben Lawers 1214m G l e Lawers n Q A822 u a 0 4 8 miles Loch Tay i c h 0 5 10 km www.pkht.or.uk Explorer Guide 2 Guide Explorer (artist: Chris Mitchell © Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust). Countryside Kinross and Perth © Mitchell Chris (artist: Above: How the site may have looked around 100 BC BC 100 around looked have may site the How Above: (photoraphy: Eddie Martin © Forestry Commission Scotland). Commission Forestry © Martin Eddie (photoraphy: Front Cover: the Queen’s View rinfort, overlookin Loch Tummel Tummel Loch overlookin rinfort, View Queen’s the Cover: Front the Picts and Scots. and Picts the emerence of the early historic kindoms of of kindoms historic early the of emerence between AD208 and 210) and ends with the the with ends and 210) and AD208 between Roman Empire… Roman Severus of campain the to 70s AD the in one thousand year story on the ede of the the of ede the on story year thousand one Aricola of advance the (from activity military key sites and providin an introduction to our our to introduction an providin and sites key Roman of centuries the includes It history. Hihland Perthshire: leadin you to fantastic fantastic to you leadin Perthshire: Hihland of years thousand one over spans and BC This leaflet is your uide to the Iron Ae of of Ae Iron the to uide your is leaflet This 700 around beins Scotland in Ae Iron The loch-dwellins known as crannos. as known loch-dwellins kin. their and farmers Ae Iron of homesteads was also an important time for the the for time important an also was fortified the crannos, and duns rinforts, monumental roundhouses were built – and it it and – built were roundhouses monumental smaller many of evidence find can you structures in the Iron Ae. Hillforts, duns and and duns Hillforts, Ae. Iron the in structures and further Explore dominions. ancient their LOCH TAY & LOCH TUMMEL LOCH & TAY LOCH construction of new types of defensive defensive of types new of construction over views fine commandin still hillforts, pressure on land and resources led to the the to led resources and land on pressure mihty once find can you Here Tay. Loch became colder and wetter. The resultin resultin The wetter. and colder became and Tummel Loch Rannoch, Loch around EXPLORE THE IRON AGE OF OF AGE IRON THE EXPLORE climatic deterioration and the weather weather the and deterioration climatic lens and mountains the than so more none the second millennium BC) there was serious serious was there BC) millennium second the and - history in steeped landscapes dramatic At the end of the Bronze Ae (which spanned spanned (which Ae Bronze the of end the At and excitin of full is Perthshire Hihland THE SCOTTISH CRANNOG CENTRE, KENMORE CAISTEAL MAC TUATHAL HILLFORT, DRUMMOND HILL Crannos are loch-dwellins found Surprisinly few hillforts were built in Abbots in the early Christian church were throuhout Scotland and Ireland, often Hihland Perthshire. Caisteal Mac Tuathal often also powerful landlords, similar to the datin from the Iron Ae. is an exception, dramatically overlookin Pictish nobility. the River Tay in the Appin of Dull. The An important part of our heritae, crannos hillfort is said to be connected to Tuathal, Althouh unexcavated, we can compare were built in lochs as defended the Abbot of Dunkeld in the 9th century Caisteal Mac Tuathal with other early homesteads that represented symbols of AD. historic Pictish forts, which were both power and wealth. defensive and symbolic. As centres of The Annals of Ulster record that “Tuathal power and prestie, they were usually The cranno dwellers were farmers who son of Artus, chief bishop of Fortriu located to control important trade or rew wheat, barley and flax and kept cattle, [Pictland] and Abbot of Dunkeld [died]” in communication routes - and archaeoloical sheep and oats. They also hunted deer AD 865. excavation has shown some were also and wild boar and athered wild plants, centres of prestiious metalworkin. nuts and berries from the woodlands and mountains. While there are hundreds of crannos in Scotland and Ireland, most survive only as submered mounds or are visible only as small islands. The Scottish Cranno Centre features a unique and authentic reconstruction of an early Iron Ae loch-dwellin, based on the underwater excavation of the nearby 2,500 year old 'Oakbank Cranno'. A visit to this award-winnin Centre includes indoor and outdoor exhibits, a uided cranno tour and many 'hands-on' ancient crafts and technoloy Above: a Pictish seat of power (artist: Chris Mitchell © Forestry Commission Scotland) demonstrations.
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