Culthill Works

The remains of Culthill Works sit quietly in the Perthshire countryside, a short drive from Erigmore. What you're looking at are the industrial bones of a 19th-century ironworks - stone foundations, scattered rubble, and the kind of quiet that makes you realise how completely the landscape has moved on. It's not flashy. There are no visitor centres or interpretation boards to hold your hand through what happened here. You'll need to do a bit of detective work, which is either brilliant or frustrating depending on your mood.

This is genuinely for archaeology enthusiasts or industrial history buffs willing to piece together the story themselves. Families might find it underwhelming unless the children are old enough to engage with the site's bones rather than expecting reconstructed buildings or costumed guides. Walkers, though, often stumble across it as part of a longer route through the area, and the site sits within reach of Blairgowrie Holiday Park and Inver Mill Farm Caravan Park if you're basing yourself in the region.

Allow thirty minutes to an hour if you're serious about it, longer if you're photographing the stonework. The site is free to access - it's essentially remains visible from public land - though you'll want to check locally before planning a specific visit, as there's limited formal information available. Best visited on a clear day when you can actually see what you're looking at. Weather here can turn properly dreary, and standing amid old stones in the rain loses its charm quickly.