What is Spittal of Glenshee?
{{infobox UK place |country = Scotland |official_name= Spittal of Glenshee |gaelic_name= |scots_name= |os_grid_reference= NO110701 |latitude=56.813859 |longitude= -3.459440 | population = | population_ref = |unitary_scotland= [[Perth and Kinross]] |lieutenancy_scotland= [[Perth and Kinross]] |post_town= BLAIRGOWRIE|postcode_district = PH10 |postcode_area= PH |dial_code= 01250 |constituency_westminster= [[Perth and North Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth and North Perthshire]] |constituency_scottish_parliament= [[Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Perthshire North]] }} [[File:Glenshee from the Spittal.jpg|thumb|left|Looking north to the Cairnwell Pass, Spittal of Glenshee is in the foreground.]] [[ File:Standing stone at Spittal of Glenshee - geograph.org.uk - 36204.jpg|left|thumb|Standing stone at Spittal of Glenshee]] The '''Spittal of Glenshee''' lies at the head of [[Glenshee]] in the highlands of eastern [[Perth and Kinross]], [[Scotland]] where the confluence of many small streams flowing south out of the [[Grampian]]s form the [[Shee Water]]. For centuries, there has been a hostel or inn at the site and, in modern times, the small village has become a centre for travel, tourism and winter sports in the region, sited at a bend on the [[A93 road|A93]] trunk road which leads from [[Blairgowrie and Rattray|Blairgowrie]] north past the Spittal to the [[Glenshee Ski Centre]] and on to [[Braemar]]. Inhabitation in the [[Neolithic]] period is indicated by a [[Megalithic]] standing stone<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1271 The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Spittal Of Glenshee Standing Stone (Menhir)]</ref> behind the old kirk, and the ''Four Poster stone circle'' on a nearby mound.<ref>[http://www.megalithics.com/scotland/spittalg/spitmain.htm Spittal Of Glenshee -Four Poster stone circle]</ref> When interest in [[ski mountaineering]] revived after the [[First World War]] and the [[Scottish Ski Club]] was resuscitated in 1929, they restarted weekly snow repo