Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
, A9 & Inverness
& Scone Palace
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Balhousie Castle &
Museum of the
Black Watch
K E I R
SHOPS
Farmers' Market
Provender Brown
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1
NORTH INCH
RESTAURANTS
AND PUBS
63 Tay Street
The Apron Stage
Café Tabou
Deans at Let's Eat
Kerachers
Old Ship Inn
Twa Tams
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4
2
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6
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THO LL S T
Museum &
Art Gallery
Perth
Concert
Hall
ACCOMMODATION
Achnacarry
Guest House
Kinnaird House
Parklands Hotel
Pitcullen Guest House
M ILL S T R EET
Lower
City Mills
Perth
Theatre
2
3
4
1
HIGH S T R E ET
St John's
Kirk
City
Hall
St John's
Shopping Centre
SGOW ROA
Ice Rink
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Bus
Station
Fergusson
Gallery
SOUTH INCH
0
300
PERTH
Train
Station
yards
M90 Edinburgh
the
Museum of the Black Watch
. he Black Watch - whose name refers to the dark colour
of their tartan - was the local regiment until it was merged with other Scottish infantry
battalions in 2006. he museum chronicles its history, dating back to 1740, through a
good display of paintings, uniforms, documents, weapons and photographs.
Scone Palace
A couple of miles north of Perth on the A93 • Daily April-Oct 9.30am-5.30pm (last admission 5pm); grounds only on Fridays Jan-March
10am-4pm • Palace and grounds £10; grounds £6 •
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scone-palace.co.uk • Take the #58 bus from Perth bus station, or bus #3 from South St
Almost as well known as Perth itself is
Scone
(pronounced “skoon”), one-time home of
the Stone of Destiny and the first capital of a united Scotland.
Scone Palace
, just a couple
of miles north of Perth on the A93, exudes graceful Scottish country living and there are
some pleasant walks in the grounds that surround it. Owned and occupied by the Earl
and Countess of Mansfield, whose family has held it for almost four centuries, the
two-storey building on the eastern side of the Tay is more a home than a monument: the
rooms, although full of antiques and lavish furnishings, feel lived-in and used.
Scone was once the capital of Pictavia, and it was here that Kenneth MacAlpine, first
king of a united Scotland, brought the famous Coronation
Stone of Destiny
, or Stone
of Scone, which is now to be found in Edinburgh Castle (see p.63). A replica of the
(surprisingly small) stone can be found on Moot Hill, immediately opposite the palace.
