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The station was originally built in 1866 so that Queen Victoria and the royal family could travel by train to nearby Balmoral Castle. The station closed in 1966 and was reinvented in the 1970s as an office for Aberdeenshire council. It then found another life as a popular restaurant and exhibition and visitor centre. Sadly in 2015, a fire devastated this heritage site, leaving little behind except for a replica of the carriage used by Queen Victoria, and part of the royal waiting room.
The interior of this listed landmark has been re-developed into a stunning dining experience, plus a visitor centre and local library.
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Kinnoull Hill Tower is a castellated folly dramatically sited on the extreme edge of a high hill overlooking the River Tay. Built in the early 19th century, it consists of a round tower set between walls, battlements and arches.
The dramatic cliffs on the south side of Kinnoull Hill reminded the 9th Earl of Kinnoull of the lofty crags along the Rhine Valley in Germany, and the fairy tale castles that dot the rocky outcrops there. He felt that Perth needed its own version of those Rhine castles, so he erected a fantasy tower here at Kinnoull Hill. In addition to the Tower, with its castellated battlements, the Earl built a large stone table for use as a picnic area.
Some sources attribute the Tower to Lord Grey of Kirfauns or to the 11th Earl of Kinnoull.
Kinnoull Hill was given to the city of Perth in 1924 and was part of Scotland's very first woodland park in 1991. The surrounding land is a country park with nature trails through the woods and excellent open viewpoints across the Perth countryside. The south of Kinnoull Hill has spectacular wooded cliffs, with some sheer drops of 500 ft.
The Tower is managed by the Perth and Kinross Council, while the Forestry Commission Scotland looks after the woodland.