Meikleour Beech Hedges

The hedge lies alongside the A93 Perth-Blairgowrie Road, and can be viewed by visitors all year round.

In 1906 Henry John Elwes and Augustine Henry, in the first volume of their Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, mention the "celebrated beech hedge of Meikleour" as one of the most striking effects produced by the beech in Scotland.

"This hedge forms the boundary between the grounds and the highway, and has to be cut in periodically, which is done by men working on a long ladder, from which they are able to reach with shears to about 60 feet.

[52] It is 580 yards long, and composed of tall, straight stems planted about 18 inches apart, and nearly touching at the base.

An illustration of this hedge, taken specially for our work by Mr. D. Milne of Blairgowrie, gives a good idea of its appearance in October 1903."