Historical Balquhidder

from Rhiannon MacAlister's postcard collection

Below we would like to present a few historical impressions of Balquhidder. The images are scans of historical postcards from Rhiannon MacAlister's collection and the Callander Heritage Society, who kindly made it available to us. Thank you.

Balquhidder and Loch Voil

View fromt the Creag an tuirc

Balquhidder and Loch Voil

View from the Creag an tuirc
The photo was taken around 1960

Loch Voil

View from the main street (A84 to Monachyle) at location Auchleskine

with the kind permission of the Callander Heritage Society

Stronvar Bridge

View over Stronvar Bridge towards the village of Kirkton and Balquhidder Parish Church

Balquhidder and Loch Voil

View from the cemetery.
The bridge in the foreground can hardly be seen today. It's just part of the street. On the right is the waterfall with the River Kirkton from the Kirkton Glen. The mill no longer stands today. The “Keepers Cottage” stands on the site today.

Balquhidder Parish Chruch

Here is the view of the church from the other direction.

Balquhidder Parish Chruch

Similar perspective like the previous picture.

Ruin of the Old Church of Balquhidder

and in the front the grave of Rob Roy MacGregor

Ruin of the Old Church of Balquhidder

In front of the Ruin the grave of Rob Roy MacGregor. On the right the Parish church.

Balquhidder Old School House

To the east of Balquhidder Parish Church is the old school house.
This view is from the driveway of the church. Today, however, there is still a long extension to the left of the building.

Balquhidder Old School House

Old school again
This view is directly from the main street.

The photo was taken around 1910

Balquhidder

View from the cemetery to the main crossing of Kirkton.
On the left is the A84. To the right behind the red house is Clan MacLaren's Kirkton Farm

Balquhidder

Again the same intersection as in the previous picture. The house on the left is supposed to represent the old post office. In other sources, the building on the right (under the tree) is called the post office.

with the kind permission ot the Callander Heritage Society

Balquhidder

again the old post office in the village of Kirkton

Loch Voil

View from Tulloch towards Balquhidder. The Stronvar Bridge can be seen in the middle left.

Loch Voil

This is the "counter shot" looking from Stronvar towards Tulloch.

Loch Voil

And again the same direction from another point looking from Stronvar towards Tulloch along Loch Voil.

Breas of Balquhidder und Balquhidder Parish Church

View from Stronvar to Balquhidder Parish Church.

Kingshouse Hotel

Today's Mhor 84 Motel

Balquhidder Station

Today caravans are staying there. The station building no longer exists. Only the entrance to the train station and the tunnel under the tracks are still there today.

The photo was taken around 1905