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Balgowan
Balgowan est un village de Perth and Kinross, en Écosse, situé à environ 8 kilomètres à l'ouest de Perth. Il est situé près des confluents de Pow Water, Jessie Burn et Cowgask Burn.
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Strathearn distillery
Strathearn is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery near Methven in Scotland.
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Findo Gask
Findo Gask is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland, just off the main A9 road. It is in Strathearn.
There are nearby remains associated with the Roman Road to the south and the Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge.
The area was associated with the family of Laurence Oliphant, and his granddaughter, the songwriter Lady Nairne, was born there.
During the Second World War, units of the Polish Army were stationed at Findo Gask Airfield (now disused).
The woodlands around Findo Gask are known to be excellent sites for the collection of truffles, particularly black truffles, and truffle hunters can often be observed there during certain seasons.
Gask House was built here in 1801 designed by Richard Crichton a pupil of Robert Adam.
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Madderty railway station
Madderty railway station served the locality of Madderty in Perthshire, Scotland. The village of St. Davids is around one mile to the south.
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Methven Junction railway station
Methven Junction railway station opened in 1866, following the extension of the already existing Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway line which terminated in the village of Methven to the north. This new line, operated by the Crieff and Methven Junction Railway continued westwards from this junction through Balgowan, Madderty, Abercairney, Innerpeffray and finally, Crieff. Following the closure of Methven Station on 27 September 1937, Methven Junction was renamed 'Methven Junction Halt' until its own closure as a passenger station on 1 October 1951.
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Inchaffray Abbey
Inchaffray Abbey was situated by the village of Madderty, midway between Perth and Crieff in Strathearn, Scotland. The only traces now visible are an earth mound and some walls on rising ground which once (before drainage) formed an island where the abbey once stood (the surrounding marshes known for eels).