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Pitlochry Property & Holiday Rentals
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Famous holiday resort lies almost at the centre of Scotland and in the beautifully wooded valley of the Tummel. The town was raised to burgh status in 1947 and has a famous tweed-mill
and two distilleries. Golf, fishing, tennis, pony trekking and walking are only a few of the attractions for the active holiday-maker, and sailing is available on Loch Tummel with club
facilities at Foss 11 miles W. of the town. |
Pitlochry is an important link in the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Tummel valley scheme. From Clunie Dam at
the outlet of Loch Tummel 9158 ft of tunnelling involving the removal of 400.000 tons of quartzite schist has ensured the daily flow of 2,700 million gallons
of water to feed the Pitlochry power-station. More- over, a lower dam on the Tummel at Pitlochry has created a new loch at Faskally just N. of the town and
this is now a local beauty-spot. Faskally House is a Forestry Training School and in the grounds a Brown Trout Research Station was set up in 1948 by the Scottish Home Department, in
cooperation with the Hydro electric Board. Observation chambers in a fish-pass at the Pitlochry dam enable visitors to watch the passage of salmon up-river to their spawning grounds.
At Portnacraig House the Board has its Central Control, the operational centre for tile whole electricity system. In 1951 Mr. John Stewart, who created a reputation in the Park Theatre
at Glasgow founded the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, and each summer season a wide variety of plays produced.
There are also Sunday concerts and exhibitions of Scottish art. Across the river from the town. at the entrance to the mausoleum of Dunfallandy House, is a Pictish sculptured stone
one of the finest examples of this type of art in Scotland.
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