Knapp, Perthshire

Knapp is a hamlet in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located to the northeast of Inchture, about 9.7 miles (15.6 km) by road west of the city centre of Dundee, 47m above sea level, and is covered by the OS Explorer map 380: Dundee & Sidlaw Hills. The Rossie Priory, an extensive country estate owned by the Kinnaird family is just to the southwest. Knapp contains an old coaching house (now converted into a property), converted Old Smiddy, Old Mill, Doocot, and many other lovely old properties, and its pièce de résistance is a functional red telephone box.

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Abernyte

Abernyte is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland.

Inchture

Inchture (Scottish Gaelic: Innis Tùir) is a village in Scotland between Dundee and Perth on the northern side of the Firth of Tay. It is approximately nine miles (14 km) from Dundee city centre and 13 miles (21 km) from Perth. The village is bypassed by on the A90 trunk road and benefits from a flyover (grade-separated) junction onto the road making it popular with commuters working in Dundee and further afield. Inchture is a prosperous village with a wide range of housing. The village comprises a post office, a SPAR store, hotel, a primary school and nursery, community centre, a church. a bowling club, a beauticians and a coffee shop. There are approximately 100 original houses in the village and additional homes have been constructed by Muir Homes, Barratt Homes and Scotia Homes. The population is approximately 1500, with an active Community Council and much community engagement including an annual Village Fete. Inchture is situated within the Carse of Gowrie. Inchture is twinned with the village of Fléac near Angoulême in France. At the north end of the village is a lodge and avenue that formerly led to the mansion of Rossie Priory, now cut off by the modern A90. This avenue is lined on both sides by giant redwood trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum). These were planted in 1853, and are the first known examples of the species successfully cultivated outside North America. An Episcopal Church, All Souls, was opened in 1896, the foundation stone having been laid four years earlier. Before this, the local Episcopalians had worshiped at a chapel on the Rossie Estate and later at a mission in Invergowrie. Near Inchture is Ballindean House, significant for its association with John Wedderburn of Ballendean (NB spelling) and his slave Joseph Knight and thus with the cause of abolitionism in the United Kingdom.

Longforgan

Longforgan is a town and parish in the Carse of Gowrie, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) west of Dundee on the main A90 road.

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HM Prison Castle Huntly

Castle Huntly is a castle in Scotland, now used as a prison under the name HMP Castle Huntly. It is located approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Dundee in the Carse of Gowrie, Perth and Kinross, close to the shore of the Firth of Tay, and can be seen from the main road linking Dundee and Perth. The castle sits on top of a rocky outcrop surrounded by what is now farmland. In ancient times this land was marshy wilderness and the decision to locate the castle on the rock may have been taken with a view to the castle's defensive position in mind.