Crieff (Scottish Gaelic: Craoibh, meaning "tree") is a market town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. For a number of centuries the Highlanders came south to Crieff to sell their black cattle whose meat and hides were avidly sought by the growing urban populations in Lowland Scotland and the north of England. T
he town acted as a gathering point or tryst for the Michaelmas cattle sale held each year and the surrounding fields and hillsides were black with the tens of thousands of cattle - some from as far away as Caithness and the Outer Hebrides. Rob Roy MacGregor visited Crieff on many occasions, often to sell cattle. 'Rob Roy's outlaw son' was pursued through the streets of Crieff by soldiers and killed. n the second week of October 1714 the Highlanders gathered in Crieff for the October Tryst.
In the nineteenth century Crieff became a fashionable destination for tourists visiting the Highlands and as a country retreat for wealthy businessmen from Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond. It still functions as a tourist centre, and the large villas stand as testaments to its use by wealthy city-dwellers. Source : www.wikipedia.org.uk
Local Attractions :
Drummond Castle Gardens : www.drummondcastlegardens.co.uk
Famous Grouse Experience - Glenturret Distillery : http://www.scotlandwhisky.com/distilleries/highlands/Grouse
Innerpeffray Chapel : http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/49356
Other Popular Attractions in Scotland