Spittal Of Glenshee
Inhabitation in the Neolithic period is indicated by a Megalithic standing stone behind the old kirk, and the Four Poster stone circle on a nearby mound.
When interest in ski mountaineering revived after the First World War and the Scottish Ski Club was resuscitated in 1929, they restarted weekly snow reports with reporters appointed at Lix Toll near Killin, Dalwhinnie, Braemar and the Spittal of Glenshee. The Dundee Ski Club used the Spittal Hotel as its meeting place, and pioneered improvements, setting up the first ski tows in Britain at Glenshee in December 1950. The hotel burnt down in 1959 and was rebuilt in Scandinavian style. However it was once again destroyed by fire in August 2014 and currently the site is for sale.
The village also provides a stopping place on the Cateran Trail waymarked long distance footpath which provides a 64-mile (103 km) circuit in the glens of Perthshire and Angus.
Scotland's folklorist, Hamish Henderson, spent a number of years in the village and developed his interest in Gaelic culture there.
References
- ^ The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Spittal Of Glenshee Standing Stone (Menhir)
- ^ Spittal Of Glenshee -Four Poster stone circle
- ^ Gray, Sandra. "Spittal of Glenshee Hotel devastated in early morning fire". The Courier. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Cateran Trail". Visit Scotland. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ "Hamish Henderson". Blairgowrie, Rattray and District Historical Trust. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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