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Pitlochry's main tourist attraction is its setting, with the surrounding mountains attracting hillwalkers and climbers. Other outdoor activities such as angling and boating are also popular. The town has two whisky distilleries whose visitor centres are popular attractions: Edradour, which is billed as the smallest distillery in Scotland, and Blair Atholl Distillery, which dates back to 1798. The town has many pubs and hotels, including one with a microbrewery.
The power station's dam is known for its 310-metre salmon ladder; fish can be viewed swimming from weir to weir within the ladder, via an underwater viewing station or via video from inside the visitor centre.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre, which shows up to six plays a week in summer, is popular with visitors and locals alike and plays an important part in the town's tourist industry.
The Battle of Dunkeld was fought between Jacobite clans supporting King James VII of Scotland and a government regiment of covenanters supporting William of Orange, in the streets around Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Scotland, on August 21, 1689, and formed part of the first Jacobite rising.
Following the death of Viscount Dundee in the Jacobite victory at the Battle of Killiecrankie the Highlanders were led on the field of battle by the uncharismatic Colonel Alexander Cannon. With the Scottish Privy council preparing to leave Scotland, the newly formed Cameronian regiment, 1200 men, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William Cleland, moved north from Perth to meet the advancing Jacobites.
Dunkeld was not protected by a town wall, so Cleland ordered his troops to take up defensive positions in the cathedral, which was surrounded by an enclosing wall, and the nearby mansion of the Marquess of Atholl. The Jacobites took up positions in neighbouring houses, and a four hour of exchange of musket fire ensued. Having exhausted their own munitions, the Cameronians are reported to have stripped lead from the roof of Atholl House to keep up their fire. Holes dating from this battle, caused by the strikes of musket balls, are still visible in the east gable of Dunkeld Cathedral.
The Colonel, William Cleland of the Cameronian regiment was killed during the first hour of the battle and the Major of the regiment was wounded. The command fell to Captain George Munro of Auchinbowie who led them to victory. The battle was brought to an end by a group of Cameronians, led by Munro charging the Jacobite defenses and setting them alight. Fierce fighting raged until eleven o'clock that night, when the Highland army fled to the hills, leaving 300 dead and saying that it ‘could fight against men but was not fit to fight any more against devils.
The Jacobites routed, having lost around 300 men. Losses on the government side are unclear, but included Colonel Cleland, who is buried in the cathedral.
This significant battle, a thorough defeat of the Jacobites' by the purely and distinctively Scottish Cameronians, is often completely ignored by pro-Jacobite accounts that attempt to associate Jacobitism with Scottish nationalism.
The Cameronian regiment takes its name from Richard Cameron (Covenanter), (1648-1680), a Scottish religious reformer and covenanting leader from the Scottish Lowlands, and was raised largely from the tenantry of the Marquess of Douglas, chief of Clan Douglas. Clan Cameron of the Highlands fought on the Jacobite side at the Battle of Dunkeld. The regiment would later become the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Scottish soldiers have been famous world wide for centuries. None were more deserving of this reputation than The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). For nearly 300 years the Cameronians fought for their country everywhere from the jungle swamps of the Far East to the frozen lands of Northern Europe. They took part in every campaign from the days of Marlborough and Wellington to Dunkirk, El Alamein and beyond. Theirs is is a proud history and their story unique, even amongst the company of the other great Scottish Regiments.