The innovative Cateran Ecomuseum is a museum without walls; all its sites are outside.
Designed to reveal the hidden history of Cateran Country by the community who live here, it tells the story of its people, places and landscapes from pre-history to the present day.
It is situated on the 500-million-year-old Highland Boundary Fault – the great geological feature that divides the Scottish Highlands from the Lowlands – spanning east Perthshire and Angus, and the human history of this area stretches back through millennia with sites identified from Neolithic times.
There are Pictish Stones to excite your curiosity, unknown stories from the legends of King Arthur and the Pan Gaelic hero Finn mac Cumhaill, important events linked to the great Jacobite rebellions and fables of the Caterans themselves, the Highland clan warriors who came to be associated with cattle raiding, and contemporary histories of the Scottish Traveller community.
You can discover the history of Scotland’s berry capital, Blairgowrie, and visit the site of its Victorian textile mills, walk a part of the Highland Boundary Fault in Alyth and enjoy its well preserved old town centre.
Find out more at the new Cateran Ecomuseum hub based in Alyth Museum or online here.
