MUIR O' FAULD ROMAN SIGNAL STATION

Climbing up to Muir o' Fauld feels properly remote, even though Perth is just a few miles away. This Roman signal station sits on high ground in Perthshire, and on a clear day you understand immediately why the Romans planted it here - the views stretch for miles, and you can see approaching movement from a real distance.

What you're actually looking at are earthworks and the remains of a platform where soldiers once kept watch. It's not dramatic - no standing stones or reconstructed walls - but that's rather the point. This is archaeology in the raw, the kind of place where you have to use your imagination to picture the Romans scanning the horizon for trouble from the Picts. The site feels genuinely ancient, less visited than the bigger attractions around Stirling, and all the better for it.

Walkers will get the most from this one. The walk up is straightforward but worth doing properly to appreciate the strategic positioning. Families with younger kids might find it underwhelming without interpretation boards, though older history enthusiasts will absolutely have a moment standing where a soldier stood two thousand years ago.

It's free to visit and takes perhaps 45 minutes including the walk. Go in decent weather - the whole point is the views and the sense of place, which rather vanish in mist. If you're basing yourself at Luxury Hideaways nearby, this makes a proper morning's outing before lunch in Perth.