Lethnot today is sparsely populated but a well managed area, the farming community is kept busy tending to their sheep and cattle. During the growing season, the fields are abundant with crops; the glen is also home to the Hunthill Shooting Estate.
The people here are friendly and tourists are welcome but visitor have to remember that this is working land, so all dogs must be kept on the lead. Walkers are asked to check for hill access before setting out on their walk.
The old road, crossing the hills to Invermark, had two names. The first was Priests Road because the Episcopalian minister of Lochlee and Lethnot travelled on it from the manse in upper Glen Esk. The other name was the Whisky Road - the joy of bootleggers and the bane of the excise man.
There were many 'stills' in the Lethnot area until just a few years ago. The making of illegal whisky slowly died away as the authorities clamped down on bootleggers and by 1790 the majority of stills were ceased.
