The Smiddy Haugh Hotel began life as a traditional coaching inn.

Today the Smiddy Haugh Hotel is a family run hotel with a growing reputation for great hospitality combined with delicious cuisine, excellent service and a very distinctive ambience.

You can be sure of a warm welcome whether you visit the hotel for theaccommodation, a bar meal, dinner in the restaurant or just a drink inthe bar. 

Chris, Ginnie and their enthusiastic team at Smiddy Haugh are whole-heartedly committed to providing the kind of efficient, courteous service that will help make your visit to Smiddy Haugh an enjoyable and memorable experience.  Every effort will be made to ensure that your visit is a happy one.

History of the Smiddy Haugh

A mile and a half north of Auchterarder, on the east side of the Ruthven Water, lies the village of Aberuthven. The Ruthven falls into the Earn a short distance away, hence the name of the village "Abe-(mouth)-ruthven".
 
Until the 19th century Aberuthven was "Smiddyhaugh", a blacksmith's forge by the bridge over the Ruthven - a convenient halt for travellers. This old resting place still survives in the form of The Smiddy Haugh Hotel.

Aberuthven was also "Graham country", the demesne of the Montrose family of Kincardine Castle. St. Kattans, an ancient Celtic chapel, was unused as a church after 1697, but sheltered the Montrose Mausoleum.

The great Marquis himself, after dramatic turns of fortune, was not buried here, being executed in Edinburgh in 1658 as a supporter of Charles I.

The village was a hive of industrious home weavers during the last century, most of the villagers being employed in the Auchterarder textile mills after they were built in 1872, the weaving being done by hand-looms previously. The cloth was exported as far afield as China, New Zealand and India as well as having a healthy local trade