Farmer Cutting Grass On Visit To Quarrymill Woodland Park Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Summer 4K travel video of a Scottish farmer cutting grass with a tractor on visit to Quarrymill Woodland Park by Perth. Perthshire. Quarrymill Woodland Park is located a mile South West of Scone and similar distance north of the centre of Perth. It represents the lower reaches of the Den of Scone, and was bought in 1933 by the local philanthropist and whisky baron A.K. Bell, born 1868, died 1942, for the benefit of the people of Perth. There are a wide range of trees and shrubs, along with wild flowers and ferns. Sandstone was extracted from a quarry here from as early as 1328. The stone was used for St. John's Kirk and Smeaton's Bridge in Perth, and numerous other buildings nearby. According to local legend, in 1296 when it was known that King Edward I was going to remove the Stone of Destiny to England, monks from Scone Abbey replaced it with a stone taken from Quarrymill and it is this replacement which rests in Edinburgh Castle today. Weaving was a later activity, with several mills spinning cotton in the 18th century.

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