Kindrochet Saw Mill

The remains of Kindrochet Saw Mill sit quietly in the Perthshire landscape, a working reminder of how rural industry once sustained communities in this corner of Tayside. What you're looking at is essentially an old mill structure - the bones of it anyway - where water power drove the saws that cut timber for building and trade. The site itself isn't flashy. There's no visitor centre, no interpretive boards spelling everything out. You get what's there: stone foundations, the water channel that fed the mechanism, and the chance to piece together how things actually worked in the 18th and 19th centuries.

This appeals most to industrial history enthusiasts and serious walkers who like their archaeological sites raw and unglamorous. Families might spend thirty minutes here max, and only if they've got kids keen on old buildings. A quick detour from Crieff works fine - it's close enough that you could swing by en route to somewhere else.

Admission details and opening hours remain unclear from available sources, so ringing ahead or checking locally once you're in the area makes sense. The real draw is context: combine it with a longer walk through the glens, or use it as a stop between your base at one of the nearby parks - Comrie Croft or Loch Earn Leisure Park are both within striking distance - and other attractions in the Strathearn valley. On its own merits, it's worth twenty minutes if you're passing. Don't plan your entire holiday around it.