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Stanley Mills

9 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Stanley Mills is one the best-preserved relics of the 18th-century Industrial Revolution. It was established as a cotton mill by local merchants, with support from the English cotton baron Richard Arkwright. Textiles were produced here for 200 years. The mills were built in 1786 at a hairpin bend in the River Tay, where tremendous water-power […]

Filed Under: Perthshire Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Scone Palace

9 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Once the crowning place of the Kings of Scots, Scone Palace occupies a unique position in the history of Scotland. A breathtakingly beautiful place of power and mystery and the rightful home of the celebrated Stone of Scone – also known as the Stone of Destiny. Scone Palace is regarded as a national treasure and […]

Filed Under: Perthshire Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

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