Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot: From Prehistory to the Picts

Visitors to tiny Forteviot are often surprised to learn that Kenneth mac Alpin, one of the first kings of a united Scotland, died at his ‘palace’ there in 858 AD, when it was a major royal centre in a fledgling Scottish nation. Thousands of years earlier the same area (including Dunning and Forgandenny) was home to a powerful people who left behind one of the most extensive concentrations of ritual monuments in mainland Scotland.

Come along to hear about the SERF Project and find out why — it wasn’t just the scenery!