Craigvinean Forest

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Craigvinean Forest is located 1 mile west of Dunkeld (Perthshire, Scotland) on the A9. Accessed through a forest track at the foot of Deuchary Hill. The River Braan bisects the forest.

Within The Hermitage of the forest you will find the tallest Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in Britain, at 59 metres (194 feet).

Ossian, a 3rd century Celtic bard whose mother was turned into a deer by Fer Doirich, is said to have habited a cave which can be found on the north bank of the Braan located upstream from a Victorian folly which is replete with Corinthian architrave and cornice. This folly was built on a horse shoe plan facing a waterfall and so amplifies the roaring sound of water.