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Dunkeld and Birnam Walks Leaflet
highlights eight way-marked trails, including a map, covering a
total of nearly 36 miles of paths and tracks in the countryside
surrounding Dunkeld, Birnam, Inver and Fungarth. The countryside
is noted for its flora, places of interest and associations with
the famous fiddler Neil Gow, the writer Beatrix Potter and the
naturalist Charles Macintosh. The leaflets are available from
the Tourist Information Centre in Dunkeld.
Dunkeld,
Fungarth walk
Fungarth is
pronounced 'Foonart'
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The Dunkeld Walks - Fungarth walk – 4.75
miles or 7.5km
 This is a really delightful walk that starts in the middle of
Dunkeld giving us good views of the surrounding countryside and
the option of walking to the Loch of the Lowes Nature Reserve
observation and visitor centre. The route throughout is on
quiet roads and well-established footpaths. None of it is
particularly steep although there are a number of gentle hills
with some great views over the farmland and surrounding area.
Good stout walking footwear is recommended, if it is winter or
there has been heavy rain, it is likely that some areas along
the route will be wet under foot. (The day we walked was middle
of summer and the conditions were excellent). If you have a dog,
most of the route is fine for the dog to run off the lead other
than crossing busy roads and a couple of hundred yards9metres)
crossing a farmers field when the dog has to be on lead.
 To start the Fungarth walk - We walked straight up Brae
Street, which is at the crossroads in the centre of Dunkeld with
Atholl street and High Street. A steady climb along a quiet back
road with views behind over Dunkeld as you pass up through some
of the remoter Dunkeld housing. A yellow way marked sign
indicates that we had to taking the left track up through some
well-established oak trees. At the top of the track we
 passed on
to a good footpath which ran along a field dry stone dyke (wall)
with a deer fence on the other side of the track, giving us good
views over some farm fields. After a couple of hundred of yards
(metres) or so we came to a junction, straight on to Loch of the Lowes Nature Reserve and observation visitor centre or left to
continue the route. We took the left turn having been to Loch of
the Lowes on many occasions to see the nesting Osprey.
The path then ran along a farm road between fields with
fences either side, where we saw some cattle with their calves,
then past beautifully restored farm buildings then through a
field (dogs Must be on leads) to the golf course. Past the back
of the clubhouse
down the road, crossing the A923 to a well
established beach wood with some really magnificently tall
trees. The
 path through the beach wood then takes you through a
pine plantation and eventually on to Atholl Estates car park and
then down the dirt road to the A923 and back along road in to
Dunkeld.
How long did it take us? I would estimate 1hr 45mins to 2hr
15mins or something like that.
The Clunie walk - Pitlochry / The Craigower walk - Pitlochry / Drummond Hill walk - Kenmore / Falls of Acharn walk - Kenmore / The Fungarth walk - Dunkeld / Glen Banvie walk - Blair Atholl / Glen Tilt walk - Blair Atholl | 
