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BLAIRGOWRIE

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 35 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLAIRGOWRIE  , -a

police burgh of
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Perthshire, Scotland, situated on the
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Ericht . Pop . (Igor) 3378 . It is the
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terminus of a branch
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line of the Caledonian railway from Coupar Angus, from which it is 4i M. distant, and is 16 m . N. by E. of Perth by road . The
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town is entirely
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modern, and owes its progress to the
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water-power supplied by the Ericht for
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linen and jute factories . There are also sawmills, breweries and a large factory for bee appliances . Strawberries, raspberries and ' other fruits are largely grown in the neighbourhood . A park was presented to the town in 1892 . On the
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left hank of the Ericht, opposite Blairgowrie, with which it is connected by a four-arched
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bridge,, stands the town and police burgh of Rattray (pop . 2019), where there are
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flax and jute mills . Donald Cargill the Covenanter, who was executed at
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Edinburgh, was a native of the parish .

Four

miles west of Blairgowrie, on the coach road to
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Dunkeld, lies Loch Clunie, of some
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interest historically . On a crannog in the lake are the ruins of a small castle which belonged to James (" the Admirable ") Crichton, and the large
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mound near the loch was the site of the castle in which
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Edward I. lodged on one of his Scottish expeditions .

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