📌 Scone, Perth & Kinross
★★★
In 1805 the Earl of Mansfield became uncomfortable at the village clustering round Scone Palace‘s gates. And so he ordered the relocation of the entire settlement, including the church which was moved stone by stone, a mile uphill to the southeast. Two hundred years later, this circular walk was created by Perth and Kinross Council to commemorate the founding of the modern village, fittingly beginning at the old kirk and visiting two prominent monuments on Murrayshall Hill. A few places in the village serve food, so this could be a good post-lunch / pub walk – though you’ll need your wits about you (and a map) to avoid navigation errors.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at end of Burnside, 0.5 mi southwest of Scone village centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 132255
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.414071,-3.408819
🚌 Bus stops on Perth Road (A94) at junction with Mayfield Terrace
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 9 km / 6 mi | ▲ 250 m | ⌛ 3 hr
Features: ✞ McDuff’s Monument; △ Murrayshall Hill (279 m); ✞ Lynedoch Obelisk
⬤ Moderate | Variety of good paths, occasionally steep; a reasonable amount of road walking in between various sections, but all on minor roads. Fairly complex navigation.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – Den of Scone – Balcraig – McDuff’s Monument – Murrayshall Hill & Lynedoch Obelisk – Murrayshall Hotel – Balgarvie – start. Leaflet 🔗 here, though the burn can be followed through Murrayshall golf course instead of the track below Twomile House
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Rabbits.
Weather: Brightening up nicely after morning fog; chilly but dry.
October 2014
