Walk: Lady Mary, whisky & a war general

📌 Crieff, Perth & Kinross
★★★

The countryside around Crieff has a wealth of footpaths and old rights of way rarely matched elsewhere in Scotland. Prime rambling territory is the result, with a seemingly endless choice of routes connecting numerous local landmarks. This circuit takes in an old riverside footpath named after a 19th century local landowner, a little-visited monument to a Lothian-born war general, a low hill surrounded by rolling farmland, and Scotland’s most popular distillery. Overall, it’s an excellent half-day wander that can be stretched into a full day if you take time to explore Crieff at the start and / or join one of the regular tours at Glenturret Distillery.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish in MacRosty Park, Turretbank Road, 10-min walk northeast of Crieff town centre

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 858221

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.377583,-3.850183

🚌 Comrie Road (A85) opposite MacRosty park

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 13 km / 8 mi | ▲ 270 m | ⌛ 3-4 hr

Features: 🌳 MacRosty Park; 💧 River Earn & Lady Mary’s Walk; ✞ Sir David Baird’s Monument; ⛰️ Samson’s Stone; △ Laggan Hill (154 m); 🥃 Glenturret Distillery ★★★

⬤ Moderate | Mostly good tracks and paths with gentle gradients but section around Baird Monument is overgrown in places and steep on descent, with short muddy section on track soon after.

➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Lady Mary’s Walk along River Earn to 🧭 NN 836218 – Trowan Farm – Sir David Baird’s Monument by main access track – descend west to track at 🧭 NN 823217 – Samson’s Stone – Laggan Hill – Currochs – join road at 🧭 NN 856226 – Dalvreck – Glenturret Distillery by path on west side of burn – return to A85 by path on east side of burn – MacRosty Park – start

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Mallards and goosanders and heron on River Earn, sheep in fields, ripe blackberries and elderberries.

Weather: Mostly sunny with light winds, temperature in mid teens.

September 2016