Bunnet Stane

A weathered lump of stone sits on a hillside near Kinross, and locals will tell you it's been there for thousands of years. The Bunnet Stane - that's a Scottish bonnet, for those keeping score - is a Bronze Age standing stone, though you'd be forgiven for thinking it's just a large rock someone forgot to move. What makes it worth the detour isn't the stone itself, which is frankly a bit underwhelming up close, but the walk to reach it and the views across Tayside once you're there.

Historians will appreciate the thing - it's a proper Bronze Age monument, the kind that marks something significant about ancient settlement patterns. Everyone else will appreciate the excuse for a decent walk through farmland with decent views of the Lomond Hills. The walk itself is straightforward enough, takes perhaps thirty minutes from the nearest parking, and works well as a leg-stretcher if you're based at Wild Goose Glamping or Gallowhill Caravan Park nearby.

Don't expect crowds or facilities - there's no visitor centre, no café, no interpretation boards. It's just a stone and the landscape around it. Kids will lose interest quickly unless they're already keen walkers. It's the sort of thing you do as part of a longer ramble, not as a destination in itself. Free to visit, obviously. Best on a clear day when you can actually see something from the top.