Pitlochry today dates largely from Victorian times, although the areas known
as Moulin and Port-na-craig are much older. History records that Moulin Kirk
was granted by the Earl of Atholl to Dunfermline Abbey in 1180 and Moulin
became a burgh of barony in 1511. Port-na-craig was the site of the original
ferry over the River Tummel which operated until the suspension footbridge was
built in 1913. Building between these two separate communities followed the
construction of the military road north in the 18th century which followed the
line of the present main street.
In 1842 Queen Victoria visited Perthshire on
