Weem Forest

Weem Wood lies on a steep craggy slope above the village of Weem just to the northwest of Aberfeldy. This ancient woodland is home to many legends of dragons and demons that haunted the cliffs and caves.

The walk rises steeply culminating with a fine view at St. David's Well, a hermit's retreat used by St. Cuthbert in the early days of Christianity. St. David, the laird's son from nearby Castle Menzies occupied it later when he took on austere religious life in the fifteenth century.

The wood contains many fine specimen trees planted by the Menzies family in the nineteenth century to provide a spectacular backdrop to the castle and gardens. At this time Perthshire was at the forefront of the renaissance of Scottish forestry with many newly discovered species being introduced from abroad.