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About Meigle Museum

The Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum is a permanent exhibition of 27 carved Pictish stones in the centre of the village of Meigle in eastern Scotland. It has an impressive collection of Pictish carved sculpture including cross slabs, recumbent gravestones, rare architectural fragments and a hogback stone. The museum backs onto the graveyard where most of the stones were found.
Address : Dundee Rd, Meigle, Blairgowrie PH12 8SB, UK

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Kinpurney HillKinpurnie Hill is one of the most famous hills of the Sidlaw range in south-east Perthshire. Kinpurnie Hill is located near Newtyle and is popular with hillwalkers. Atop the hill is Kinpurnie Tower, designed by Alexander Bryce, Minister of Kirknewton and East Calder and built by amateur astronomer James Stuart-Mackenzie in 1766 to be used as an observatory. It is 12 metres tall and is visible from the roadside.
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Lundie CraigsLundie Craigs/Westerkeith Hill is one of the hills of the Sidlaw range in South East Perthshire. This hill was famous among the trekkers and walkers. It is also a nice place where you can enjoy the beauty of nature and experience the nice views from here.
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Auchterhouse HillAuchterhouse Hill is one of many hilltops around the East of Scotland that must have been a defensive outpost at some time in the distant past. It has the distinct remains of hillfort earthworks ringing the summit, most obviously where the main path climbs through the belt of larch trees on the southern side. There is an ancient hill fort on the summit. The annual Auchterhouse Hill Race takes place in March.
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Laird's LochLairds Loch is situated in the heart of the Sidlaw Hills at Tullybaccart near Blairgowrie, Perth & Dundee in North Ballo Wood at Halliburton. This crystal 10-acre loch is home to Carp, Bream, Tench, Roach & Perch which have now been in the loch for approximately 30 years.
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Reekie Linn WaterfallReekie Linn is actually a pair of linked falls on the River Isla, with respective drops of 6m and 18 m. The path to the waterfall passes close to the edge of a steep-sided gorge, and there are sheer drops of 150 feet down to the water below. At the base of the waterfall is a dark cave called Black Dub, where legend has it that an outlaw once hid until the devil appeared before him in the form of a giant black dog.
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Craigowl HillCraigowl Hill is a summit towards the eastern end of the Sidlaw Hills in Angus, Scotland. It also known for being one of the hardest cycling climbs in Scotland, as a 3.36 km climb at 9.4%. Craigowl Hill has a trig pillar that is surrounded by telecoms masts and infrastructure and reaches a height of 455m north-east of Kirkton of Auchterhouse. One of the nice trekking destination and also you can have nice views from here.

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Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and Stirling council areas. Perth is the administrative centre. With the exception of a large area of south-western Perthshire, the council area mostly corresponds to the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.

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