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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 See also:

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

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

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