Deuchny Wood (also known as Deuchny Woodland Park) is a Forestry and Land Scotland site in Perth, Scotland.[1] 350.36 acres (141.79 ha) in size, it is adjacent to Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, of which Deuchny Hill is one of the five constituent hills (the others being Kinnoull Hill, Corsiehill, Barnhill and Binn).[1]

Deuchny Wood
Deuchny Wood from the air, looking east over the River Tay and the Carse of Gowrie
Map
Map showing the location of Deuchny Wood
Map showing the location of Deuchny Wood
Location of Deuchny Wood in Scotland
Map showing the location of Deuchny Wood
Map showing the location of Deuchny Wood
Deuchny Wood (Scotland)
Geography
LocationPerth and Kinross, Scotland
Coordinates56°23′45″N 3°22′37″W / 56.395944°N 3.37689°W / 56.395944; -3.37689

The wood is home to a prehistoric hillfort, referred to as "Iqudonbeg" in 1403,[2] at which several artefacts have been discovered.[3]

Deuchny Burn flows out of the woods to the south, while Langley Burn cuts through its northeastern corner.[4]

Jonathan Gloag, the 28-year-old son of Stagecoach Group co-founder Ann Gloag, hanged himself in Deuchny Wood in 1999.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, Deuchny WoodWoodlandTrust.org.uk
  2. ^ Deuchny WoodCanmore
  3. ^ South-East Perth: An Archaeological Landscape, P. Corser, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1994), ISBN 9780114941512
  4. ^ An Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland: Tayside, Central and Fife, Land Use Consultants (1987), p. 188
  5. ^ "Gloag son's mourners told of close family ties"The Herald, 23 September 1999