Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust

A Tuck's Post Card featuring General Wade's famous Bridge and the Black Watch monument in Aberfeldy.

🚨5 days left!🚨

You have until this Sunday, June 21, to apply for our vacant Project Officer role. If you have experience in historic building restoration, traditional building skills and all things heritage conservation then this could be the role for you.

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.

Here are the important details 👇

0.8 FTE | Full-Time Considered
£31,000-£34,000 pro rata
Fixed Term until March 2031

The deadline to apply for this position is 21 June 2026.

For more information on the role including a full job description and how to apply, please visit the posting here on GoodMoves.

https://goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP1000001iPTZIA2/project-officer?distance=16.09344&lat=56.39547137009062&lng=-3.438901928995192&location=Perth%2C%20Perth%20%26%20Kinross&page=2

Do you want to take part in one of Scotland's largest free heritage festivals?

We're still accepting applications for venues, experiences and buildings to take part in Doors Open Days 2026.

The event takes place across Perth and Kinross on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September.

Whether you're an established visitor attraction, a new venue or someone with an idea for a walk or talk, we want to hear from you!

For more information or for an application pack, please email our Outreach Officer, Rory Bryce, at [email protected].

AberdalgieForteviot
The Walled Garden & Wisecraft
PSNS - Perthshire Society of Natural Science
The Chapter House Museum & Dunkeld Community Archive
Museum of Abernethy

Did you know that Kinnoull Hill was once said to be the home of a dragon?

The Dragon’s Hole was said to be the den of a deadly dragon during the 6th Century. The beast would leave its lair within the steeply wooded slopes of the Kinnoull Hill in Perthshire and descend on the helpless inhabitants of the Tay Valley.

In desperation, the people turned to Saint Serf, a Pictish saint, and begged him to rescue them.

The Saint slew the dragon, and in honour of this great feat, the locals were said to have instituted the annual Festival of the Dragon.

It was held on Beltane - the 1st of May. However, it would seem that these festivities were more ancient in origin and date back to pre-Christian times.

There are many iterations and interpretations of this local folk tale. Tell us if you know another version.

Free guided walk with Mark Hall - “Vennels: Perth’s Little Streets”
Tuesday 16th June
Meet outside Perth Art Gallery at 6.30pm
These narrow street ways go back to the medieval period and under the guidance of Dr Mark A Hall of Perth Museum we will explore some of them and the story they tell about Perth’s urban fabric. The walk coincides with Perth Museum’s summer exhibition running from 29 May to 6 September 2026.

Photograph of Meal Vennel in the 1950s.
Copyright Perth Museum, Culture Perth & Kinross

🚨10 days to go!🚨

There's still time to apply to our vacant Project Officer role.

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.

Here are the important details 👇

0.8 FTE | Full-Time Considered
£31,000-£34,000 pro rata
Fixed Term until March 2031

The deadline to apply for this position is 21 June 2026.

For more information on the role including a full job description and how to apply, please visit the posting here on GoodMoves.

https://goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP1000001iPTZIA2/project-officer?distance=16.09344&lat=56.39547137009062&lng=-3.438901928995192&location=Perth%2C%20Perth%20%26%20Kinross&page=2

Our Community Archaeologist, Tertia Barnett, was recently out in the field with volunteers.

That's not all though - they were recording a newly discovered rock art panel near Aberfeldy as part of the Lost Stones of Strath Tay project.

Incredible stuff! Let sus know in the comments if you were involved or if you have any photos of your own.

Our CEO, Christina Sinclair, is attending today's Perspectives on Heritage Futures event ran by University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).

Christina delivered a talk centred on the need for traditional building skills and the work of Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust in encouraging people to consider traditional building skills as a career path.