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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Abernethy
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(14km/9m SE of Perth) Village which was an important Pictish centre. Of its 9C monastery there survives a well-preserved *round tower. The nearby Castle Law, an *Iron-Age hill fort of about 500 BC, is one of the best examples of the Scottish 'timber-laced' technique, in which stone ramparts have an internal frame of wood.
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