Kinnaird, Flawcraigs, Fingask and Rait - meet the local group
To contact your local group by email, visit the Contact us pageThe small village settlements of Kinnaird and Rait, about half way between Dundee and Perth, are the starting points for a number of routes offering magnificent views over the Carse of Gowrie, the River Tay and the hills of Fife to the south, and northwards to Dunsinane (of Shakespearean fame) and, in the distance, Highland mountains. The castle of Fingask, one of the oldest inhabited castles in Perthshire, and the 15th century Kinnaird Castle (also inhabited - see photo on left) lie close to exciting routes across the Sidlaws. See 'Geograph' information on Kinnaird Castle.
We hope to re-establish the route children used to take to school in Kinnaird from the ‘lost’ village of Pitmiddle, which was abandoned before the Second World War. Other local paths to the Braes of the Carse climb from 25m to 250m. Watch out for buzzards and roe deer.
Rait village is a small community that has retained several cottages with thatched roofs. See the 'Geograph' information for the Antiques Centre at Rait and pictures of the Old Post Office and a picture of the Post Office in the 1920s.
The nearby Fingask Castle still has the remains of a picturesque sawmill close by.