Our Heritage Blairgowrie Timeline
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From c500MM Years Ago to 2022
From c500MM Years Ago to 2022
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- 1533 Craighall Castle
- 1560 - Crime and Punishment in Medieval Blairgowrie and Rattray
- c1610 - 1681 Donald Cargill
- 1612 The Rattray Silver Arrow
- 1745 Beech Hedge Meikleour
Craighall Castle
Donald Cargill (c1610 - 1681)
A tale of rebellion, martyrdom and white water.
A walk along the banks of the River Ericht takes you to Cargill’s Leap, about a quarter of a mile up from the Brig o’ Blair. There, at an area of the river known as the Keith Falls, is a viewing platform which allows visitors to look down on this treacherous part of the river. An information board explains that it was here that local man Donald Cargill leapt across the river to escape from pursuing government troops.
Read MoreThe Rattray Silver Arrow
Rattray's own Robin Hood
THE RATTRAY SILVER ARROW became the centrepiece of a famous grand archery tournament contested within the parish of Rattray, Perthshire, intermittently between 1612 and 1727.
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Welcome to Our Heritage Blairgowrie
25 June 2021 - website launch
We decided to choose 10 local historical events as a start for the website launch - we have 100s to add and will be adding them steadily over the coming months and years!
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