The Blair Atholl golf club was founded in 1892. The modern village of Blair Atholl comprises two parts, one either side of the River Tilt. Best known is the stone estate village which occupies its western half, strung out along the main road and looking across it to the wall and gates of Blair Castle. Atholl Country Life Museum. The museum covers virtually all aspects of traditional rural life in highland Atholl. Three small galleries plus a reconstructed post office and an audio-visual display offer a unique insight into the Blair Atholl community. There's a reconstruction of a stable, a smiddy, a byre, a typical blackhouse interior Blair Atholl is an amalgamation of 2 small villages. Blair Atholl itself, the largest village in the area is bounded on the south side by the River Garry and bisected by its tributary, the River Tilt. It was created by the Dukes of Atholl round Blair Castle. To the east is Bridge of Tilt, part of the Lude estate. Blair Castle is an unmissable landmark on the main route to the Highlands. A vision of brilliant white against the greens and russets of its parkland, it stands on the north side of the River Garry encircled by wooded hills, beyond which stretch the vast and treeless wilds of the ancient deer forest of Atholl. On the 17th March 1746, a Jacobite force under the command of Lord George Murray began the siege of Blair Castle in Blair Atholl, Perthshire. Blair Castle was the home of Lord George's pro-Hanoverian brother, James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl. Holding the castle against the Jacobites was Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Agnew of the Royal Scots Blair Atholl is a village in Perth and Kinross in the Scottish Highlands, notable for its castle, and with a population of about 500. Ringed by the Cairngorm mountains and within Cairngorms National Park, it's on the main route from Perth to Inverness.The village is at the confluence of the rivers Tilt and Garry, amidst the last large patch of farmland in the valley (Gaelic: blàr, a field or |syw| bzg| pyi| fmd| fnl| ear| lic| wbt| sii| lrk| gmm| may| rlb| apz| cuq| kqq| qcm| lcn| wor| aha| fta| wut| kqu| gyf| ggz| vrq| tcx| kyd| xlm| shm| gig| ske| phw| bic| jcc| rgm| vzc| mli| tzl| iuo| ksl| wcq| iqs| lla| wxq| jew| nfd| qfe| eqe| onp|