Moness Resort The warmest welcome in the heart of Perthshire
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In 35 acres of tranquil Perthshire countryside, this luxurious resort features a swimming pool, 2 restaurants and a poolside bar. Free WiFi is also available.
The impressive Moness Resort leisure complex includes a sauna and a steam room. There is also a games hall.
All of the elegant rooms at Moness Resort feature flat-screen TVs with satellite channels and luxurious beds. An inclusive continental breakfast is provided.
Terrace Restaurant offers a superb menu, in stylish surroundings. Crieff Rd, Aberfeldy, PH15 2DY, United Kingdom
Moness resort - The warmest welcome in the heart of Perthshire.
Scotland's longest and loveliest glen, its longest river (the Tay), some of its most spectacular mountains and lochs, and a rich and historic culture... All this and more are part of the welcome we extend to you from Moness Resort, a 35-acre woodland estate in Aberfeldy in the very heart of Highland Perthshire. If you are looking for a 4* Perthshire hotel for a holiday, romantic getaway or family break Moness is the perfect choice.
Aberfeldy, Scotland
Country town in central Scotland.
Winter in Aberfeldy, Kenmore and Acharn.
Drone and Osmo footage from Highland Perthshire featuring Wades Bridge and the Black Watch Monument, Loch na Creige, Kenmore, Acharn Falls and Loch Tay
The Kenmore Club By Diamond Resorts, Perth And Kinross, United Kingdom - Perfect Place
The Kenmore Club By Diamond Resorts - Special club price! -
One of our top picks in Kenmore. With a magnificent location on the banks of Loch Tay, close to the picturesque village of Kenmore, these charming and well-furnished cottages offer luxurious self-catering accommodations.
Wireless internet access is available in both public areas and the rooms, charges are applicable.
The Kenmore Club was originally the walled grounds for the nearby Taymouth Castle, home of the Marquis of Breadalbane. Today, this small, exclusive resort consists of a series of cottages, constructed in the same unique style as the nearby village of Kenmore. The resort includes a swimming pool, a tennis court and a children's playground, as well as a restaurant.
Each cottage has a large lounge, with comfortable chairs, a TV and a large put-up bed. Every cottage also has a dining area and well-equipped kitchen, with a coffee maker, dishwasher, fridge, microwave and oven. There is a washing machine and drying area in all cottages.
Just across the way, you will find Scotland's oldest inn, with a chimney breast inscribed by the hand of Robbie Burns himself.
Journey into Aberfeldy, Scotland
Using Extending pole mount from a car window.
The Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy
The Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy, restored by architect Robin Baker.
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Robin Baker (architect)
Tigh Na Cladiach, Kenmore near Aberfeldy, Scotland
4 bedroom self catering private villa sleeps 8
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Birks of Aberfeldy, Perthshire
Old Photographs Aberfeldy Highland Perthshire Scotland
Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Aberfeldy, Highland Perthshire. Beyond its association with Robert Burns, who mentioned Aberfeldy in his poem The Birks of Aberfeldy, the town is known for Wade's Bridge, built in 1733 and designed by architect William Adam, father of the more famous Robert Adam. General Wade considered this bridge to be his greatest accomplishment.
The Screen Machine Aberfeldy Highland Perthshire Scotland July 21st
Tour Scotland video of the Screen Machine parked in Aberfeldy, Highland Perthshire. The only mobile cinema in Britain serving the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
My visit to Castle Menzies Aberfeldy, Scotland part:1
Hi everyone thank you very much for watching and take time to read this, hope to see you in part:2 touring 28 rooms.
Castle Menzies in Scotland is the ancestral seat of the Clan Menzies and the Menzies Baronets. It is located a little to the west of the small village of Weem, near Aberfeldy in the Highlands of Perthshire, close to the former site of Weem Castle, destroyed c. 1502...
History:
The sixteenth-century castle, built as a Z-plan castle, was the seat of the Chiefs of Clan Menzies for over 500 years. Strategically situated, it was involved in the turbulent history of the Highlands. Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Stuart Pretender to the throne, rested for two nights in the Castle on his way to the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The restoration of the ancient part of the castle involved the demolition of a greatly decayed 18th century wing. A large Victorian ballroom (not visible in the adjacent photograph) was, however, retained.
The castle, restored by the Menzies Clan Society after 1957, is an example of architectural transition between an earlier tradition of rugged fortresses and a later one of lightly defensible 'châteaux'. The walls are of random rubble, originally harled (roughcast), but the quoins, turrets and door and window surrounds are of finely carved blue freestone. This attractive and extremely hard-weathering stone was also used for the architectural details and monuments at the nearby Old Kirk of Weem, which was built by the Menzies family and contains their monuments and funeral hatchments. A marriage stone above the original entrance was installed by James Menzies in 1571, to record his marriage to Barbara Stewart, daughter of the Earl of Atholl.
Duleep Singh, last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire, lived at Castle Menzies between 1855 and 1858, following his exile from the Punjab in 1854. He was officially the ward of Sir John Spencer Login and Lady Login, who leased the castle for him.
The Castle was the seat of the Chiefs of Clan Menzies for over 500 years. Situated in a strategic location, it was involved in much of the turbulent history of the Highlands. During the second Jacobite rising the Castle first hosted both Bonnie Prince Charlie, who rested on his way to Culloden in 1746 and then, just four days later, the Duke of Cumberland, son of the British Monarch and commander of the Government forces.
Rescued as a ruin in 1957 by the then recently re-formed Menzies Clan Society, the Castle has been lovingly restored by generations of Society members and was placed into a charitable trust in 1993. It is open to all as a visitor attraction, museum, Clan centre for the Menzies Clan and venue for weddings, concerts and other hire. We use all proceeds exclusively for our continued restoration and maintenance of the Castle, its Walled Garden and the Old Kirk of Weem.
Because it has been restored from a ruin, you will find the Castle much less furnished and decorated than most other Scottish castles you may visit. But as a result, you get a much better feel for how it was built and what it's made of. Instead of plush carpets and furniture, you will find stone walls, shot holes, original timbers and lots of fascinating details. You are also able to visit almost every room in the Castle. You are not herded round by a guide but instead allowed to roam freely where you like.
I enjoyed this visit very much and definitely go back again!
White Water Rafting | Bala, Wales
The National White Water Centre is situated in Snowdonia National Park. The park first came into existence in October 1951, covering 837 square miles and was the first designated National Park in Wales. When the Information Centre in Bala first opened in the 1960’s, it attracted 1,500 visitors in its first season.
LLYN CELYN
Ten years after the creation of Snowdonia National Park, construction began on Llyn Celyn reservoir. The reservoir was built for a number of reasons, one of which was to supply drinking water to the Chester to Liverpool area. Its creation involved the damming of the River Tryweryn resulting in the flooding of Capel Celyn and adjacent farmland. The village was a strong-hold of Welsh culture and language and, with the reservoir appearing to provide no immediate benefit to the local community, the move was strongly opposed by inhabitants of Capel Celyn. In 1965 the village was flooded and Llyn Celyn was created, covering more than 770 acres and destroying 12 farms. The reservoir is up to 43 metres deep and can hold up to 71,200 mega litres of water; this would take 91 days to empty on a constant 9 cumec release. In October 2005 Liverpool County Council issued a formal apology for the flooding of the village, which was met with mixed responses from the people involved.
PADDLESPORT AND THE CENTRE
It took less than 10 years for people to begin kayaking on the newly dammed River Tryweryn, and by the mid 1970’s it was a popular destination for white water kayakers and canoeists. The Centre hosted its first Canoeing World Championship in 1981, and continues to hold events and international competitions. In 1985 the UK’s first commercial rafting operation was set up on the Tryweryn and we continue to be Britain’s favourite white water rafting destination. The National White Water Centre building, on the banks of the River Tryweryn, was officially opened in July 1995 by the Chairman of the Sports Council for Wales, Mr Ossie Wheatley.
Croft Moraig Stone Circle, Aberfeldy, Perth & Kinross, Scotland.
A journey through Scotland's ancient sites
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INTRO
CROFT MORAIG IS THE FLAGSHIP PREHISTORIC SITE IN PERTH & KINROSS. THIS CONCENTRIC STONE CIRCLE IS LOCATED NE OF LOCH TAY. IT SITS BETWEEN KENMORE & ABERFELDY ON THE A827 ROAD. THE RIVER TAY VALLEY AREA, CONTAINS NUMEROUS NEOLITHIC REMAINS. THIS ANCIENT TEMPLE IS IN THE CARE OF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND.
OVERVIEW
CROFT MORAIG GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF AN ERRATIC ARRANGEMENT OF GREY SCHIST BOULDERS. EXCAVATION & AN ARIEL VIEW, START TO REVEAL A MULTI- PHASE, CONCENTRIC STONE CIRCLE THAT WAS SCATTERED WITH QUARTZ IN THE INTERIOR.
THE STONES WERE PRE-DATED BY A TIMBER SETTING. OUR ANCESTORS FROM DEEP ANTIQUITY, CAREFULLY POSITIONED THIS CIRCLE. THEY CONTINUED TO USE & RE-USE THIS SPECIAL LOCATION OVER A THOUSAND YEARS.
PHASE 1
CIRCA 5000 YEARS AGO, THE FIRST OF 3 PHASES WAS CONSTRUCTED. A HORSE SHOE TIMBER SETTING OF 14 POSTS 2M HIGH WERE ERECTED, IN A 7.5M DIAMETER. THIS WAS THE FIRST CEREMONIAL TEMPLE SPACE, OUR ANCESTORS USED.
THIS HORSE SHOE STRUCTURE WAS OPEN AT THE SW. THIS MAY INDICATE A WINTER SOLSTICE SUNSET FUNCTION OR THE SOUTHERN MAJOR MOONSET, WHEN VIEWED FROM THE CENTRE. AT STONEHENGE THE INNER MOST SETTING OF BLUESTONES IS ALSO A HORSE SHOE ARRANGEMENT.
A 6 TIMBER SETTING OF 2 ROWS OF 3 POSTS, LIES JUST OUTSIDE THE TIMBER ARC BY 1M. THIS SETTING LOOKS LIKE AN ENTRANCE WHICH IS ORIENTATED JUST S OF E.
PHASE 2
IN THE 2ND PHASE THE WOOD SETTING HAD BEEN REPLACED BY STONE. AGAIN LIKE PHASE 1 WE HAVE A HORSE-SHOE ARC. ELEVEN STONES MAKE UP THIS PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION, MEASURING 8M X 7M. 2 OF THESE MEGALITHS LIE PROSTATE. POTTERY SHERDS FROM THIS ERA WERE DATED TO 4000 YEARS AGO.
THE STONES SEEM TO BE GRADED IN HEIGHT, THE HIGEST IN THE SE ARC IS NEARLY 1.5M. THE SMALLEST IS JUST UNDER 1M. A NE POSITIONED MEGALITH IS CUP-MARKED, THIS MAY INDICATE A MID SUMMER SOLSTICE SUNRISE ALIGNMENT.
A FURTHER 3 STONES LIE JUST OUTSIDE THE SETTING ON THE SE TO SW ARC. THE SW MEGALITH HAS FALLEN. PERHAPS THESE 3 OUTLINER STONES WERE AN ENTRANCE INTO SACRED SPACE OR A MIDWINTER SUNRISE TO MIDWINTER SUNSET ALIGNMENT.
PHASE 3
THE 3RD AND FINAL CONSTRUCTION PAHSE CONSISTS OF AN OUTER CIRCLE OF 11 EVENLY SPACED STONES. AT 12M IN DIAMETER, THIS LAST PHASE ENCLOSES THE SHORTER PHASE 2 STONES. 7 MEGALITHS REMAIN UPRITE IN THE N TO SE ARC. ALL OTHER STONES IN THE S TO W SECTION HAVE FALLEN.
TWO 2.2M HIGH STONES, 5M OUTSIDE THE OUTER CIRCLE & BANK, SEEM TO BE A RE-ERECTION OF THE PHASE 1 TIMBER ENTRANCE. THE STONES ARE IN THE SAME ORIENTATION AS THE 6 POST TIMBER BUILD. JUST OUTSIDE THESE STONES, GRAVES WERE EXCAVATED. THE NORTHERN MOST STONE MAY BE AN EQUINOX MARKER.
CUP MARK BOULDER
A SSW ORIENTATED, 2M LONG, CUP MARKED STONE LIES ON THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE OUTER BANK SETTING. VARIOUS NUMBERS OF CUP MARKS HAVE BEEN RECORDED. AUBREY BURL COUNTED 23 CUPS.
IN 1910 FRED COLES RECORDED 19 CUP MARKS. THIS IS INTERESTING AS IT MAY BE LINKED WITH THE 18.61 YEAR CYCLE OF THE SOUTHERN EXTREME MAJOR LUNAR STANDSTILL. THE ORIENTATION ALSO SUGGESTS WINTER SOLSTICE SUNSET. TWO OF THE CUPS SEEM TO BE RINGED
STONE BANK
THE 17M DIAMETER STONE BANK ENCLOSES ALL THE MONUMENT EXCEPT THE PHASE 3 PAIR OF OUTLINER STONES. THE N & SW ARC HAS NO REMAINING STONE BANK.
OTHER INFO
CROFT MORAIG SHARES FEATURES WITH OTHER SITES AROUND SCOTLAND. LIKE CAIRNPAPPLE, BALFARG HENGE & THE MACHRIE MOOR STONE CIRCLES ON THE ISLE OF ARRAN.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS DEREK SIMPSON & STUART PIGGOT EXCAVATED CROFT MORAIG IN 1965. A MORE RECENT EXCAVATION WAS CARRIED OUT IN 2012. THE FAMOUS SCOTTISH POET ROBERT BURNS ALSO VISITED CROFT MORAIG.
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Falls Of Moness
The view from the bridge directly above the Falls of Moness, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.
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Search for American Tourist Missing in Scotland Approaches 2-Month Mark
Police officers investigating the mysterious disappearance of an American tourist in Scotland are believed to have exhausted all active leads.
Susan McLean, 61, of Monroe Township, Pennsylvania, went missing from the Moness resort in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, on May 17 – exactly two months ago on Friday.
Despite an extensive manhunt and the congressional assistance of U.S. Senator Bob Casey, (D-PA), police in Scotland have so far failed to unearth any evidence that might lead to her whereabouts.
Mrs. McLean was in the middle of a family vacation with her husband, Donald, and sons, Donald Jr. and James, when she failed to return from an evening stroll around the luxury Moness Resort.
Security-camera footage shows the 61-year-old horseback-riding teacher leaving the resort under her own volition at 7:45 p.m.
Other than the sighting of a woman matching McLean's description walking south along the town's Crieff Road at around 8 p.m., no trace of the mom-of-two has been found since.
This has now led some locals to fear that she may have had an accident in the craggy hills surrounding the small Scottish village, which sits about 70 miles north of Edinburgh.
Police in Scotland have confirmed to PEOPLE that enquiries are ongoing.
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Croft Moraig Stone Circle Perthshire Scotland.
Croft Moraig Stone Circle megalithic Prehistoric stones, Croft Moraig, near Aberfeldy in Perthshire,is a megalithic site comprising three concentric stone circles.
The most complete stone circle of its type in Scotland. a variant of the recumbent stone circle, overlying an earlier timber structure.