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# Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust

Preserving & enhancing the region's historic environment

## Sitemaps

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## Pages

- [Home](https://www.pkht.org.uk/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust is a charity dedicated to protecting and enhancing the historic environment through projects, training, grants, advice and more.
- [Perth City Heritage Fund](https://www.pkht.org.uk/pchf/) - Perth City Heritage Fund encourages sustainable economic and social recovery by grant-assisting owners of historic buildings. Find out more about the scheme here
- [Our People](https://www.pkht.org.uk/our-people/) - Meet our team! Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust currently employs 8 members of staff and has 10 trustees.
- [Online Talks & Videos](https://www.pkht.org.uk/online-talks/) - On this page you can find a selection of talks given by Trust staff and partners. The online talks are free to view but you may wish to leave a small donation.
- [Archaeology](https://www.pkht.org.uk/archaeology-overview/) - Perth and Kinross is full of rich and diverse archaeology. Find out about how we protect and enhance our nationally and internationally important assets.
- [Archaeological Planning Advice](https://www.pkht.org.uk/archaeological-planning-advice/) - Do you have planning permission with an archaeological condition or a pre-application enquiry? The planning archaeology service for Perth and Kinross can help.
- [Doors Open Days](https://www.pkht.org.uk/doors-open-days/) - Welcome to the home of the Doors Open Days festival in Perth and Kinross. Get into buildings! It's free and open to all.
- [Our Organisation](https://www.pkht.org.uk/our-organisation/) - Find out more about Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust by reading our Strategic Plans and Annual Reports.
- [Community Heritage Grants](https://www.pkht.org.uk/communityheritagegrants/) - Our Community Heritage Grants support community projects that conserve or enhance the historic environment in Perth and Kinross. Apply now!
- [Policies, Terms and Conditions](https://www.pkht.org.uk/policies/) - View our policies, terms and conditions.
- [Perth and Kinross Historic Environment Record](https://www.pkht.org.uk/pkher/) - PK maintains the Historic Environment Record for Perth and Kinross. Search the database for sites, find spots, designations and more
- [Projects Archive](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/) - PKHT has completed numerous successful projects over the years, a selection of which have been compiled here. Browse both our active and completed projects now!
- [About Us](https://www.pkht.org.uk/about-us/) - About Us We work independently and collaboratively to preserve, enhance and increase understanding of Perth and Kinross's Historic Environment. Established in 1988, Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust was founded to protect, enhance and promote our Historic Environment. Our remit encompasses Historic Building Conservation, Archaeology, Interpretation and Training. We also manage the Perth City Heritage Fund,
- [Leaflets and Maps](https://www.pkht.org.uk/leaflets-and-maps/) - The Trust has produced an extensive collection of leaflets and map-based guides over the years, a selection of which are digitised and available here.
- [Contact us](https://www.pkht.org.uk/contact-us/) - You can contact Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust via phone or email about any concerns or queries or for information relating to the historic environment.
- [News & Events](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news/) - Stay up-to-date with our latest stories and announcements. Want to learn more about our work? Browse our previous news articles here!
- [Traditional Building Skills](https://www.pkht.org.uk/building-skills/) - Interested in traditional buildings? Want to learn a new skill? We're dedicated to promoting traditional building skills to conserve the built environment.
- [Community Archaeology](https://www.pkht.org.uk/archaeological-skills/) - We offer archaeological skills training initiatives both within projects and as stand-alone courses. Learn more about our accessible opportunities here!
- [Historic Building Conservation: Overview](https://www.pkht.org.uk/buildings-overview/) - Over the years the Trust has provided in excess of £2 million of grant aid to conserve over 500 historic buildings across Perth an Kinross. Find out more here!
- [Historic Building Conservation: Information and Advice](https://www.pkht.org.uk/information-advice/) - Historic Building Conservation can be a minefield, so we've put together some sources and resources relating to the repair and maintenance of traditional buildings.
- [The Lower City Mills Story](https://www.pkht.org.uk/lcms-story/) - Lower City Mills is a vitally important reminder of Perth's agri-industrial past. It's an A-listed building and home to Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust. Read on...
- [Lower City Mills](https://www.pkht.org.uk/lowercitymills/) - We embarked on an exciting new chapter in our story, having moved our headquarters to the A-listed Lower City Mills in Perth, a key building in the history of the burgh, and an important and rare survivor of Scotland’s agri-industrial past. Lower City Mills is part of the wider City Mills complex consisting of the
- [The Perth City Heritage Fund Story](https://www.pkht.org.uk/the-perth-city-heritage-fund-story/) - The Perth City Heritage Fund Story Between 2012 and 2022 the Perth City Heritage Fund committed over £1.85m in grant assistance to different restoration and conservation projects. 78 grants contributed to over £7.7m investment in high quality repairs to Perth's historic environment in the same period. Funding comes in tranches: 2012-2015, 2015-2018, 2018-2021 and then, owing
- [Witch Hunt Walks](https://www.pkht.org.uk/witch-hunt-walks/) - Download Full Leaflet Start at the Museum of Abernethy to learn all about the Scottish Witch Hunts. Please stay on paths and remain aware and respectful of private property. Always keep alert when on or near roads, holding the hands of young children. Map data ©Google Maps 2022 On mobile? Click on the image below
- [Small Grants](https://www.pkht.org.uk/smallgrants/) - We don't just grant-assist large projects. Here's selection of case studies from our numerous small grants.
- [Historic Tenement Repairs](https://www.pkht.org.uk/historic-tenement-repairs/) - A tenement is a building shared by multiple dwellings. Through Perth City Heritage Fund we have grant-assisted numerous historic tenement repairs. Find out more
- [Shop Fronts](https://www.pkht.org.uk/shop-fronts/) - Find out about how we protect and enhance important examples of historic signage, mosaics, cast ironwork, glazing and joinery in Perth shop fronts.
- [Empty and Underused Buildings](https://www.pkht.org.uk/empty-buildings/) - Examples of empty and underused buildings in Perth that we have assisted in bringing back into use.
- [Skills Training: Overview](https://www.pkht.org.uk/skills-overview/) - Traditional skills are vitally important to maintaining and managing our historic environment. Read more about our past and present training initiatives here.
- [Doors Open Days Venue Entries](https://www.pkht.org.uk/doors-open-days-venue-application/) - Do you manage or own a venue that you would like to enter in Doors Open Days? Please complete the two forms below. The first is the Venue Application form - this is what we will use to collect your contact details as well as information to use in the Doors Open Days programme (both
- [Shop](https://www.pkht.org.uk/shop/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust's online shop. Want to learn more about the historic environment of the region? Browse our publications or book an event now

## Products

- [King’s Seat, Dunkeld: Excavations of a Royal Centre of the Southern Picts, 2017-2021](https://www.pkht.org.uk/product/kings-seat-dunkeld-excavations-of-a-royal-centre-of-the-southern-picts-2017-2021/) - King’s Seat fort near Dunkeld, once lost to archaeology, was rediscovered in 2015 and revealed as a high-status Pictish royal site. Excavations uncovered metalworking, trade, and feasting evidence. Its later abandonment reflects shifts in power and religious influence, linking prehistory to medieval Scotland. It is remarkable, given Dunkeld’s importance in medieval Scotland, that so little
- [Carpow in Context](https://www.pkht.org.uk/product/carpow-in-context/) - This full-colour monograph tells the story of the challenging excavation and recovery of the Late Bronze Age logboat from the Tay Estuary, involving an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach with archaeologists, palaeo-environmentalists, conservationists and marine salvage divers working together. The papers presents a background to logboats, a comprehensive account of the project, and detailed description and
- [Hillforts of the Tay](https://www.pkht.org.uk/product/hillforts-of-the-tay/) - “This is the endlessly fascinating story of both the hillforts and the people who investigated them, and is precisely the kind of wide-ranging, informative, and easy-to-read guidebook that archaeologists should be making.” – Current Archaeology Published in an eye catching and accessible format with beautiful interpretative reconstructive illustrations, this booklet presents the findings from a
- [General Wade’s Legacy](https://www.pkht.org.uk/product/general-wades-legacy/) - This accessible and richly illustrated book and accompanying guide-map of General Wade – the man who brought military roads and bridges to highland Scotland in the early 18th century in response to the Jacobite threat. Packed with interesting details, this booklet is the first significant publication on this fascinating subject in nearly 25 years. The
- [The Carpow Logboat](https://www.pkht.org.uk/product/the-carpow-logboat/) - This booklet gives an account of the remarkable discovery and excavation of the Carpow Late Bronze Age logboat. It also tells the story of how the excavation team then led a reconstruction of a Bronze Age logboat, using replica bronze tools, on the banks of Loch Tay before paddling it across the loch to its
- [The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)](https://www.pkht.org.uk/product/the-black-watch-royal-highland-regiment/) - This new short history, produced in partnership the Black Watch Museum, is beautifully illustrated with images of artefacts and photographs from the museum collection in Perth. The perfect accompaniment for exploring the regiment’s history on a day out.
- [Early Medieval Settlement in Upland Perthshire](https://www.pkht.org.uk/product/early-medieval-settlement-in-upland-perthshire/) - Archaeological evidence for settlement and land use in early medieval Scottish upland landscapes remains largely undiscovered. This study records only the second excavation of one important and distinctive house form, the Pitcarmick type building, in the hills of north-east Perth and Kinross. Excavation of seven turf buildings at Lair in Glen Shee has confirmed the
- [Three Forts on the Tay: Excavations at Moncrieffe, Moredun and Abernethy, Perth and Kinross 2014-17](https://www.pkht.org.uk/product/three-forts-on-the-tay/) - Despite a resurgence in Scottish fort studies, few sites have been investigated, especially at the scale reported in this volume. Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust (with AOC Archaeology Group) excavated three hilltop forts on the Tay estuary to explore their enclosing works and internal buildings, uncovering an impressive assemblage of small finds. At Moredun fort

## News and Events

- [Public Consultation: Strategic Plan 2026-31](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/public-consultation-perth-and-kinross-heritage-trust-strategic-plan-2026-31/) - Heritage that works for everyone. We've launched a public consultation for our Strategic Plan 2026-31 so we can best capture the opinions, views and priorities of the people of Perth and Kinross and use them to inform the final draft of our Strategic Plan. Heritage is not just about the past—it is a powerful force
- [Event: Building Maintenance Walk](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/event-building-maintenance-walk/) - Maintenance Information Event Thursday August 27, 2026 | 13:00-15:00 | In-person FREE THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED OF FURTHER MAINTENANCE INFORMATION EVENTS PLEASE EMAIL US - info@pkht.org.uk Join Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust and Perth and Kinross Council to explore the buildings of Perth City. We will
- [Event: Architectural Conservation CPD: Building Condition Surveys](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/event-architectural-conservation-cpd-building-condition-surveys/) - Architectural Conservation CPD: Building Condition Surveys Wednesday July 22, 2026 | 12:30-13:30 | Online via Teams Tickets: £15 Learn all about Building Condition Surveys and their importance to conservation in our first online CPD lecture of 2026. You will also learn how to effectively conduct building condition surveys, examples of best practice and the uses
- [Job Vacancy: Project Officer](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/job-vacancy-project-officer/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust is seeking a motivated and organised Project Officer to support the effective delivery of the Perth City Heritage Fund and associated programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in conserving and enhancing Perth’s historic built environment, while also contributing to innovative work in traditional building skills training, community engagement, and climate resilience.
- [Trust Publish Guidelines for Communities on the Historic Environment Record](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/trust-publish-guidelines-for-communities-on-the-historic-environment-record/) - Our Historic Environment team have published guidelines for local communities and the historic environment. This guide includes common terminology, designation categories and examples of best practice which communities can refer to when they engage, discover or interact with elements of their historic environment. The guide also includes important resources, further reading and key contacts for
- [Trust Publish 2024-25 Annual Report](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/trust-published-2024-25-annual-report/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that we have published our Annual Report for 2024-25. You can read the report here.
- [A message from our CEO, David Strachan.](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/a-message-from-our-ceo-david-strachan/) - Dear friends and colleagues, After 25 years with Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, it is time for me to move on and allow others to take the helm. It's been hugely enjoyable to work with the Trust and a privilege to be involved in such fantastic projects over the years. I look forward to exploring
- [Trust Becomes Living Wage Accredited](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/trust-becomes-living-wage-accredited/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust are delighted to announce that we have received accreditation as a Living Wage Employer. This accreditation shows our dedication to being a responsible, thoughtful employer, and that we value our people and best practice. You can learn more about Living Wage Accreditation here: Accreditation | Living Wage Foundation
- [Trust Appoints New Historic Environment Record Officer](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/trust-appoints-new-historic-environment-record-officer/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust are delighted to have appointed Findlay Young as our new Historic Environment Record Officer. Findlay joins us as a graduate of Archaeology and Classical Studies from the University of Edinburgh. He previously worked in the commercial sector as an archaeological geophysicist before joining the Trust in June. Join us in
- [The Lost Stones of Strath Tay: Community Excavation of Prehistoric Rock Art](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/the-lost-stones-of-strath-tay-community-excavation-of-prehistoric-rock-art/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust is running a community excavation of prehistoric rock art near Aberfeldy from 2 - 14 September 2025. We know little about these enigmatic carvings, often called cupmarks and cup and ring marks, which were created 5000 years ago. Only a handful of rock art sites have ever been excavated in
- [ALGAO Scotland: Role of Archaeological Services to Local Authorities in Scotland](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/algao-scotland-role-of-archaeological-services-to-local-authorities-in-scotland/) - Sophie Nicol, our Historic Environment Manager, recently drafted a new guidance document, with help from other ALGAO Scotland members, to showcase the important role Local Authority Archaeologists (LAA) play in managing the historic environment within the planning system and relevant policies. The guidance, titled Role of Archaeological Services to Local Authorities in Scotland, was adopted
- [Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust 2023-24 Annual Report Published](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/perth-and-kinross-heritage-trust-2023-24-annual-report-published/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust has now published its Annual Report for the financial year 2022-23. The document includes the Chairperson's Report from Maggie Wilkins, as well as a summary of all Trust activity and financial information. 2023-24 Annual Report
- [Architectural Conservation CPD 2024 Programme](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/architectural-conservation-cpd-2024-programme/) - Our Architectural Conservation CPD Seminars have returned for another year! As part of Perth City Heritage Fund we deliver activities and training every year. Over the past few years this has included delivering a series of CPD talks on Architectural Conservation. If you are looking to refresh your conservation knowledge or encounter historic buildings as
- [Architectural Conservation CPD 2024: Gilding Masterclass!](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/architectural-conservation-cpd-2024-gilding-masterclass/) - Perth City Heritage Fund's 2024 CPD classes are back! The first of the year is a golden opportunity, and really puts a shine on the great work of the PCHF team! 'Be one of the first to stand next to the newly restored weathercock before he is reinstated on the spire of St John’s Kirk.
- [Three Forts on the Tay Book Launch](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/three-forts-on-the-tay-book-launch/) - On January 19, Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust celebrated the launch of our latest publication, Three Forts on the Tay, at AK Bell Library in Perth. The event was an informal celebration of the monumental endeavour undertaken by volunteers and those involved in archaeological works during the course of the project. We were joined by
- [Traditional Building Skills Roadshow Evaluation Report](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/traditional-building-skills-roadshow-evaluation-report/) - On 29 & 30 August 2023, Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, Developing the Young Workforce and Fife and Tayside Traditional Buildings Forum hosted a two-day Traditional Building Skills Roadshow event with two local secondary schools, St. John’s RC Academy and Perth Grammar. The objective of the event was to introduce young people to the concept
- [Milling Matters Conference Success!](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/milling-matters-conference-success/) - The first national mills conference, Milling Matters, ran on the weekend of 7-8 May 2022 and was a resounding success! Organised by Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (Scotland) and hosted at Mercure Hotel and Lower City Mills, the conference delighted attendees with talks, discussion groups, pop-up
- [Architectural Conservation CPD 2023 Programme](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/architectural-conservation-cpd-2023-programme/) - As part of Perth City Heritage Fund we deliver activities and training every year. Over the past few years this has included delivering a series of CPD talks on Architectural Conservation. If you are looking to refresh your conservation knowledge or encounter historic buildings as part of your work portfolio, but have limited knowledge of
- [Trust Publishes New Annual Report](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/trust-publishes-new-annual-report/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust has now published its Annual Report for the financial year 2022-23. The document includes the Chairperson's report (Maggie Wilkins), as well as a summary of all Trust activity and financial information. Read the report To see all Trust Annual Reports dating back to 2001 go to our About Us page.
- [New Mosaic for West Mill Street](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/new-mosaic-for-west-mill-street/) - On 30th and 31st March 2023 a brand new mosaic was laid outside Lower City Mills on West Mill Street, Perth. The artwork replaced a previous mosaic which had been laid in the 1990s but had become badly damaged. By 2021 there was only a small ring left at the centre, so Perth and Kinross
- [Busy Mill for Community Open Day](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/busy-mill-for-community-open-day/) - On Saturday 25th February 2023 we opened the doors of Lower City Mills to welcome the local community. Staff, volunteers and trustees spent the day showing off the machinery, telling people about the planned mill project and chatting about other areas of our work. Visitors were treated to exclusive new architect's renders of what the
- [Traditional Building Skills Courses 2022](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/traditional-building-skills-courses-2022/) - The continued use of traditional materials in the repair and maintenance of historic buildings is of vital importance and the skills and techniques required in their use are equally so. Such skills also provide a valuable connection to our past and inspiration for future employment. Following the success of traditional building skills workshops delivered as
- [Flying the Flag for Traditional Building Skills!](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/traditional-building-skills-forum-2017/) - As active members of the Fife and Tayside Traditional Buildings Forum, the Trust was proud to attend a reception at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh this month. The evening was hosted by Gordon Lindhurst MSP and organised to celebrate and recognise the valuable contribution made by the Scottish Traditional Building Forums to successfully raising awareness
- [Community Open Day](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/community-open-day/) - PKHT are holding an open day on Saturday 25th February 2023. All welcome!
- [Mosaic Conservation Courses](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/traditional-building-skills-mosaic-conservation-courses/) - Are you aged between 16-25 years old and interested in a career in craft skills? Two traditional mosaics training courses will soon be hosted at Lower City Mills run by Helen Miles, a renowned industry expert. Particularly popular in the classical world, mosaics have been used for a very long time to add interest to a
- [Sash & Case Conservation Course](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/sash-case-conservation-course/) - Are you aged between 16-25 years old and interested in a career in craft skills? A FREE sash & case window conservation training course will be hosted at Lower City Mills in March.
- [The Big Place Conversation - Notice From Perth and Kinross Council](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/the-big-place-conversation-notice-from-perth-and-kinross-council/) - Perth and Kinross Council would like to invite members of the public to the Big Place Conversation. Read more about it here or go to their website.
- [Architectural Conservation CPD - 2022 Programme](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/architectural-conservation-cpd-2022-programme/) - If you are looking to refresh your conservation knowledge or encounter historic buildings as part of your work portfolio, but have limited knowledge of the best conservation practice to employ when approaching a project involving traditional buildings, then this is the CPD programme for you. Traditional and historic buildings are an integral part of Perth
- [PKHT Runs Successful Roadshow](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/pkht-runs-successful-roadshow/) - Traditional Building Skills Roadshow 2022 On 28th and 29th September our first post-pandemic roadshow visited the grounds of Perth Grammar School. We engaged almost 100 secondary school pupils from both Perth Grammar and the neighbouring St John’s Academy. Every participant got to engage in 4 x 20-minute taster sessions, each demonstrating traditional building trades and
- [Doors Open Days 2022](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/doors-open-days-2022-2/) - Doors Open Days 2022 took place on 17th and 18th September. The weather held out (for the most part) as visitors across Perth and Kinross explored, toured and more(d!). Over at Lower City Mills, more than 180 people came through the doors. Our visitors - the youngest just 14 months old - enjoyed tours, an
- [PKHT joins SPAB Scotland to support start of conservation works at Finzean Watermills](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/pkht-joins-spab-scotland-to-support-start-of-conservation-works-at-finzean-watermills/) - Between the 15-17th September the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Scotland with Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, the Birse Community Trust and some specialist mill and waterwheel aficionados will be joining forces at Finzean, Aberdeenshire to undertake some maintenance work on some very rare kinds of mills (including Britain’s only bucket mill). At
- [Traditional Building Skills Roadshow 2022 to visit students at Perth Schools](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/traditional-building-skills-roadshow-2022-to-visit-students-at-perth-schools/) - Over two days this Autumn (28-29th September) we will be bringing traditional skills demonstrations and taster sessions to students of two secondary schools in Perth - Perth Grammar and St John's Academy. This has been made possible by generous commitments from local tradespeople still practicing traditional crafts skills in their work of conserving and restoring
- [Doors Open Days 2022](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/doors-open-days-2022/) - Doors Open Days is a national heritage festival that takes place annually in the month of September. Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust organise the festival regionally - for more information, go to our Doors Open Days page. Doors Open Days will take place the weekend of 17th and 18th September in Perth and Kinross this
- [Recognition Ceremony at the Robert Douglas Memorial Institute](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/recognition-ceremony/) - On 12th August 2022 Trust staff and trustees were pleased to attend the recognition ceremony of the refurbished clock at the Robert Douglas Memorial Institute, Scone. The Institute had been awarded almost £3000 by the Trust's Community Heritage Grant Fund, which has been established to support community projects that conserve or enhance the historic environment
- [Traditional Buildings Health Check: Pilot Scheme](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/traditional-buildings-health-check-pilot-scheme/) - Traditional Buildings Health Check is a scheme aimed at helping owners of traditional buildings undertake proactive maintenance. It has been run successfully in Stirling by Stirling City Heritage Trust since 2013, and now the funders, Historic Environment Scotland, are looking to widen the area. A small pilot scheme began in Perth City in February 2022.
- [Milling Matters - Four Fabulous Lectures](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/milling-matters-four-fabulous-lectures/) - In the run up to the Milling Matters Weekend Conference the SPAB Scotland and Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust are pleased to present a series of four online talks.
- [Milling Matters - Scottish Heritage Mills Conference 2022](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/scottish-mills-milling-conference-2022/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust and the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Scotland are very pleased to bring you a first in Scotland - a conference dedicated entirely to Mills! We're offering the milling and building conservation communities and interested parties the opportunity to learn and share more about the heritage value
- [Silver Award for Perth City Heritage Fund Project!](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/silver-award-pchf-2016/) - The Trust is delighted to have received a silver award in Perth and Kinross Council’s Securing the Future Awards 2016 in the Improving Services Through Partnership Category for the project Repairing Our Historic Tenements. Featured in the application was the project to repair what is believed to be Perth’s oldest inhabited tenement at 13-19 High Street. Success for this project was only achieved through the partnership
- [Gleaming new Trident for Old Academy Britannia Statue](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/gleaming-new-trident-for-old-academy-britannia-statue/) - We’re delighted to announce that the trident of the Britannia statue atop the Old Academy in Rose Street, Perth has been reinstated thanks to financial support through the Perth City Heritage Fund. The Britannia Statue atop the Old Academy, resplendent with new trident The Old Academy was built between 1803 and 1807 as the Public Seminaries
- [Perth City Heritage Fund Supported Commemorative Plaque Unveiled](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/perth-city-heritage-fund-supported-commemorative-plaque-unveiled/) - The Trust have been pleased to help the Black Watch Association commemorate the former site of the Queen’s Barracks with a small grant from the Perth City Heritage Fund. The memorial was unveiled in June by Mrs Georgiana Osborne, President of The Black Watch Association and Brigadier Mel Jameson, Lord Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross.
- [Perth Traditional Building Skills Event Success!](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/perth-traditional-building-skills-event-success/) - Working in close partnership with the Fife and Tayside Traditional Buildings Forum, we held our second two-day Traditional Buildings Skills event on King Edward Street in Perth. The event is intended to raise awareness of Scotland’s fantastic traditional buildings and the specialist skills needed to keep them in good repair through demonstrations and opportunities for
- [The first draft chapters of PKARF are now available for consultation! Can you help?](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/first-draft-chapters-of-pkarf/) - We are excited to announce that drafts of PKARF's Mesolithic and Neolithic chapters have entered the final phase of production and are now available for wider consultation. These drafts include a regional overview and research agenda and we invited you to review and comment on these documents and let us know if we are missing
- [Final PKHT Historic Building's Grant Presented](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/final-pkht-historic-buildings-grant/) - The 19th century Category B listed Roman Catholic Church of St Stephen’s was in need of extensive roof repairs and became the 329th and final recipient of financial assistance from Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust through our Historic Building Grants Scheme. The Trust offered the Parish our maximum award of £5000 at the beginning of their fundraising
- [Standing room only at Perth’s first Property Repair Seminar](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/property-repair-seminar/) - Home owners and prospective owners of pre-1919 historic buildings packed in to the ball room of the Royal George Hotel earlier this month as Perth Solicitor’s Property Centre hosted Perth’s first ever property repair seminar. Solicitors, architects, estate agents and surveyors from across Perth and Kinross were also in attendance to hear building conservation industry
- [Funding for Perth City Heritage Fund Phase 3 Confirmed](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/pchf-phase-3-confirmed/) - Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced that their support of the Perth City Heritage Fund will continue for the next three years. This exciting news allows the Trust to launch a third phase of the scheme bringing £750,000 of Scottish Government investment to Perth to assist with conserving and repairing historic buildings. The main focus
- [New Book Release: Hillforts of the Tay](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/hillfortsofthetaybook/) - We are delighted to announce the release of our latest publication on the spectacular prehistoric archaeology of Perth and Kinross. ‘Hillforts of the Tay’ tells the incredible stories of the hillforts of Moncreiffe Hill and Castle Law, Abernethy as recently revealed through a major community archaeology project. Led by Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust (PKHT)
- [Mindful to Maintain](https://www.pkht.org.uk/news_and_events/propertyrepairseminar-dec2018/) - Home owners and prospective owners of pre-1919 historic buildings enjoyed a relaxed and informative evening of short talks and Q&A on maintaining and repairing historic buildings in Perth’s Civic Chamber on 13 November. This was the second free event of this kind to be offered by Perth Solicitor’s Property Centre (PSPC) and Perth and Kinross

## Projects

- [Regional Research Framework](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/pkarf/) - PKARF is a regional research framework designed to assess existing knowledge, identify gaps and to establish research priorities. Discover the past now!
- [Perth Medieval Trail](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/perth-medieval-trail/) - Perth was one of Scotland’s most important medieval royal burghs. Many trade routes met here and ships arrived on high tides from England and the continent. Perth’s craftsmen were rich, skilled and influential and the markets flourished. While little of medieval Perth survives above ground, there is still evidence of this important past throughout the
- [Tay Landscape Partnership Scheme](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/taylp/) - Tay Landscape Partnership began in March 2014 with 28 natural, built and cultural heritage projects to deliver, and over four years engaged over 82,000 people.
- [Traditional Boat Building](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/boat-building/) - Discover the Trust's traditional boat building projects, which seek to raise awareness of the regional heritage and pass on local knowledge to future generations
- [Glenshee Archaeology Project](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/glenshee/) - Glenshee Archaeology Project aimed to uncover the fascinating story of its prehistoric and early historic life and share it with the public
- [Black Spout Archaeology Project](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/blackspout/) - From 2005-9 the Trust ran a community archaeology project from to explore a large Iron Age building in the Black Spout wood, near Pitlochry. Read more here...
- [King's Seat Hillfort Archaeology Project](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/kings-seat/) - King's Seat Hillfort is a nationally important site. Beginning in 2018, PKHT's project uncovered and celebrated its story with the local community.
- [Bridging Perthshire's Past](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/bridging-perthshires-past/) - Bridging Perthshire's Past was a 3 year project involving conservation and excavation of some of the best surviving 18th century military roads and bridges in Scotland
- [Carpow Logboat](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/carpow-logboat/) - The Carpow Logboat dates to around 1000 BC. It is one of the best preserved prehistoric logboats ever found in Britain and the second oldest in Scotland.
- [Loch Tay Logboat](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/lochtay-logboat/) - The Loch Tay Logboat was a 2009 project to create a replica logboat (modelled on the Carpow Logboat) using replica Late Bonze Age tools and techniques.
- [Historic Churchyards](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/historic-churchyards/) - In a 2 year project from 2011, PKHT researched and conserved a number of important historic churchyards and buildings. Read about it and view the leaflets here!
- [Library Lodge](https://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/library-lodge/) - Having stood derelict for 30 years, the Library Lodge was purchased by the Trust in 1998 and restored in 2000, receiving a Perth Civic Trust award in 2003.

## Documents

- [Strategic Plan v2 Draft](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/strategic-plan-v2-draft/)
- [Forestry Guidance](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-forestry-guidance/) - Development Control guidance document prepared by Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust on forestry
- [Developers' Guidance](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/developers-guidance/)
- [The Historic Environment: A Guide for Local Communities](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/the-historic-environment-a-guide-for-local-communities/)
- [Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust: Annual Report 2024-25](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/perth-and-kinross-heritage-trust-annual-report-2024-25/)
- [Doors Open Days 2025](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/doors-open-days-2025/)
- [Signwriting at Bramblers Cafe Summary Report 2025](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/signwriting-at-bramblers-cafe-summary-report-2025/)
- [Lime Pointing at Kinnoull Summary Report 2025](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/lime-pointing-at-kinnoull-summary-report-2025/)
- [PKHT Volunteer and Trainee Policy 2025](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-volunteer-and-trainee-policy-2025/)
- [PKHT Vexatious Complaints Policy 2025](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-vexatious-complaints-policy-2025/)
- [PKHT Complaints Policy 2025](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-complaints-policy-2025/)
- [Articles of Association 2025](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/memo-arts/)
- [Perth and Kinross HER: Access to Information and Charging Policy](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/perth-and-kinross-her-access-to-information-and-charging-policy/)
- [Forteviot: The Birth of Alba](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/forteviot-the-birth-of-alba/)
- [The Earthquake House, Comrie](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/the-earthquake-house-comrie/)
- [Dunkeld's Telford Bridge](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/dunkelds-telford-bridge/)
- [Abernethy Witch Hunt Walks](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/abernethy-witch-hunt-walks/)
- [20 Years of Scotland's Historic City Management](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/20-years-of-scotlands-historic-city-management/)
- [ALGAO Scotland: Role of Archaeological Services to Local Authorities in Scotland](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/algao-scotland-local-archaeological-guidance-2024/)
- [PKHER Access to Information and Charging Policy 2024](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkher-charging-policy-2021/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2023-24](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2023-24/)
- [Churches & Churchyards](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/churches-churchyards-in-perth-and-kinross/)
- [Strategic Plan 2024-2026](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/strategic-plan-2024-2026/)
- [Doors Open Brochure 2023](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/doors-open-brochure-2023/)
- [City Heritage Fund Officer/Grants Assistant](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/city-heritage-fund-officer-grants-assistant/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2022-23](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/annual-report-2022-2023/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust's Annual Report for the financial year 22-23.
- [PKHT Annual Report 2017-18](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2017-18/)
- [The Place-names of Glenshee: a preliminary study for the Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/the-place-names-of-glenshee-a-preliminary-study-for-the-perth-and-kinross-heritage-trust/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2002-03](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2002-03/)
- [Lower City Mills Newsletter (Edition #1)](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/lower-city-mills-newsletter-edition-1/) - The first edition of the Lower City Mills Newsletter: a local newsletter delivered through doors in the local community. Keep up-to-date with our project work and next-steps!
- [PKHT Annual Report 2021-22](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2021-22/) - Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust Annual Report for the year 2021-22.
- [Perth Lower City Mills Development Officer Job Description](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/perth-lower-city-mills-development-officer-job-description/) - The Trust has secured Development Phase funding of £204k from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), towards a £286k development year, leading to a Delivery Phase bid for a £2.7 million project to fully restore the building and its rare working machinery, allow public access once again, establish a heritage skills and conservation hub and
- [PKARF Iron Age draft](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkarf-iron-age-draft/)
- [PKARF Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Draft](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkarf-chalcolithic-and-bronze-age-draft/)
- [PKHT Complaints Policy](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-complaints-policy/)
- [PKARF 01_Mesolithic Consultation Draft_V1](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkarf-01_mesolithic-consultation-draft_v1/)
- [PKARF 02_Neolithic Consultation Draft_V1](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkarf-02_neolithic-consultation-draft_v1/)
- [Outreach and Promotion Officer 2021 Advert](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/outreach-and-promotion-officer-2021-advert/)
- [Outreach and Promotion Officer 2021 Job Description](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/outreach-and-promotion-officer-2021-job-description/)
- [Explorer Guide 02: Glenshee](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/eg02-glenshee/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2020-21](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2020-21/)
- [TLP Evaluation Report](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/tlp-evaluation-report/)
- [Glenshee DSR 2013](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/gap2013_dsr/)
- [Glenshee DSR 2014](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/gap2014_dsr/)
- [Glenshee DSR 2015](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/gap2015_dsr/)
- [Glenshee DSR 2016](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/gap2016_dsr/)
- [Glenshee DSR 2017](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/gap2017_dsr/)
- [The Lair Spindlewhorl](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/gapreport_spindlewhorl/)
- [Glenshee DSR 2012](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/gap2012_dsr/)
- [Perth Medieval Trail](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/perth-medieval-trail/)
- [King's Seat Hillfort: Junior Leaflet](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/kings-seat-junior/)
- [Kilmagadwood Early Bronze Age Cemetery](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/kilmagadwood/)
- [Explorer Guide 05: King's Seat Hillfort](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/eg5-kings-seat/)
- [Explorer Guide 04: Perthshire Picts](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/explorer-guide-04-perthshire-picts/)
- [Explorer Guide 03: Tay Hillforts](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/eg03-tayhillforts/)
- [King's Seat DSR 2017](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/kings-seat-dsr-2017/)
- [King's Seat DSR 2018](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/kings-seat-dsr-2018/)
- [King's Seat DSR 2019](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/kings-seat-dsr-2019/)
- [Explorer Guide 01: Tay and Tummel](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/eg01-taytummel/)
- [PKHT Strategic Plan: Covid Response Statement 2021-22](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-strategic-plan-covid-response-statement-2021-22/)
- [PKHT Strategic Plan 2017-22](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-strategic-plan2017-22/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2001-02](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2001-02/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2003-04](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2003-04/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2004-05](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2004-05/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2005-06](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2005-06/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2006-07](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2006-07/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2007-08](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2007-08/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2008-09](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2008-09/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2009-10](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2009-10/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2010-11](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2010-11/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2011-12](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2011-12/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2012-13](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2012-13/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2013-14](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2013-14/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2014-15](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2014-15/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2015-16](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2015-16/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2016-17](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2016-17/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2018-19](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2018-19/)
- [PKHT Annual Report 2019-20](https://www.pkht.org.uk/documents/pkht-annual-report-2019-20/)

## Our People

- [Samantha Ross](https://www.pkht.org.uk/our_people/samantha-ross/)
- [Laura Preston](https://www.pkht.org.uk/our_people/laura-preston/) - Diane's main duties are to facilitate the smooth running of the Trust office, including Human Resources and Financial activities, and provide general support to the Trust Director. As a qualified accountant, a graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Diane has considerable financial and office management experience gained in a number of different industries including the Education and
- [Findlay Young](https://www.pkht.org.uk/our_people/findlay-young/)
- [Tertia Barnett](https://www.pkht.org.uk/our_people/tertia-barnett/)
- [Rory Bryce](https://www.pkht.org.uk/our_people/outreach-officer/)
- [Sophie Nicol](https://www.pkht.org.uk/our_people/sophie-nicol/) - Sophie’s provides a planning archaeology service to Perth and Kinross Council as well as archaeological information and advice to agri-environment scheme applicants and members of the public. A graduate from the University of Glasgow, Sophie worked in the commercial sector as a field archaeologist across Scotland for 8 years before joining the Heritage Trust in
- [Christina Sinclair](https://www.pkht.org.uk/our_people/christina-sinclair/)

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