Priest & Whiskey Roads 

There are in fact two roads into Glen Lethnot. The modern motor road, and the "High Road", wide enough for horse and cart. The "high road" starts at Drumcairn, past the now derelict shepherd's cottage at Dikehead, and on to the Craig of Finnoch, past the last signs of human habitation, the ruined Clachan of Finnoch. The "high road" carries on heading for nowhere, and ends abruptly on a hillside.

Two hundred years ago this was to be the shortest direct route to the south coming from Banffshire/Aberdeenshire, crossing the hills to Invermark, over again on to the road leading to Lethnot.

In the same period this road had two names. The first was Priests Road because the Episcopalian minister of Lochlee and Lethnot travelled on it from the manse in upper Glenesk. The other name was the Whisky Road - the joy of bootleggers and the bane of the exciseman. There were dozens of 'stills' on the hill burns, and several could be seen in the Lethnot area until just a few years ago. The making of illegal whisky slowly died away as the authorities became to clever in catching the bootleggers and by 1790 the majority of stills were ceased, with only a few left till around 1825 - 30.

Two bridges are evident side by side on the West Water at Bridgend by the old Post Office house. The Modern, prefabricated one is put to shame by the one graceful arch of the old bridge. Although the old bridge has now collapsed into the river, the parapets can still be seen. The central stone is said to have been inscribed 1725, and was allegedly built due to a battle of religions, between the Presbyterians and the Episcopalians.

Pirners Brig

Pirnirs Brig is a bridge crossing the West Water. The path runs from a small car park and picnic site (just up the road from the cemetery) along the top of a deep gorge to the bridge.

Paphry Burn 

In the now derelict cottage at the Paphry burn (Burnfoot) this was occupied until 1981. The house at one time had been a country inn. There was no electricity and the creek at the rear of the house was where the occupants carried buckets of water. Because of the situation of the cottage, when there was a heavy rainfall the Paphry would rise to such a depth that it extinguished the fire in the cottage, the only form of heating available to occupants. Water shot through the slabs on the floor like little fountains.

Brown & White Caterthuns

The Brown and White Caterthuns are a pair of Iron Age forts that lie at the foot of Glen Lethnot. The Brown Caterthun, overgrown with heather, is the more extensive, with a series of concentric ramparts and ditches; the White Caterthun, more immediately impressive, is one of the most striking prehistoric ruins in Britain. It takes its name from the enormous ring of piled white stones, the tumbled remains of two walls, each originally 6 to 12 metres thick.