The Sheiling, St Fillans was originally built around 1860, extended in the 1930s and updated in the succeeding years.  A Sheiling was originally a shepherd hut, used when tending animals at summer pasture.  

 

The Sheiling is located in Glen Tarken Wood. With stunning views of Loch Earn, it is within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, in Perthshire. The Sheiling is ideally located for a short break or longer holiday.

 

There are excellent circular and linear walks through the Glen Tarken Wood and across the moorland beyond.

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Hidden within the hills there is a small hydroelectric scheme, built in 1957, there are few signs of this but include the valves beside the access track to The Sheiling and also at the exit of Loch Earn itself.

 

St Fillans celebrated its 250th birthday in 2017, its name having been changed from the earlier Port Lochearn or Meikleport in 1817.  

 

A tidal Inland Loch!  Loch Earn has a 16 hour 'tide' caused by the prevailing wind running from end to end of the Loch, causing a gradient, creating an oscillation which stirs the warm water into the cooler water.  "Seiching" is the name for this unusual phenomenon.

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Perthshire is big tree country, a very welcoming and historic area with friendly locals and heaps of local traditions, old and new.  Located 45 mins from Stirling and Perth, 1 hour from Glasgow and 1.5 hours from Edinburgh, you are in the midst of nowhere and at the centre of everything.

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With both traditional and innovative opportunities available, you will find things you already enjoy and also something that you have not tried before.

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