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Kenmore viewed across Loch Tay. The biggest island in the loch, known as the Isle of Loch Tay, or in Gaelic Eilean nam Ban-naomh, 'Isle of Holy Women', is just north of Kenmore. It was the site of a nunnery in the 12th century and was the burial place of Queen Sibylla (d. 1122), wife of Alexander I of Scotland (1107–24). A castle was built on ...
Taymouth Castle is situated to the north-east of the village of Kenmore, Perth and Kinross, in the Highlands of Scotland, in an estate which encompasses 450 acres (180 ha). [1] It lies on the south bank of the River Tay , about 1 mile (1.6 km) from Loch Tay , in the heartland of the Grampian Mountains .
Perthshire within Scotland: Area • 1975: 2,528 sq mi (6,550 km 2) (5th) History • Succeeded by: Tayside Region: Status: Local government county (until 1975) Land registration county (1868–) Chapman code: PER: Government • HQ: Perth (county town and administrative centre) • Motto: Pro Lege et Libertate ('For Law and Liberty')
Across the road from the former school building lies the remains of Fearnan Pier, one of five intermediate piers served from 1882 [2] to 1939 by the Loch Tay Steamboat Company later Caledonian (LMS) Railway's steamers plying from Killin to Kenmore and back. One novel feature at Fearnan was the collie dog belonging to the postmaster.
Acharn (Scottish Gaelic: Àth a' Chàirn meaning 'Field of the Cairn[s]') is a hamlet in the Kenmore parish of the Scottish council area of Perth and Kinross. It is situated on the south shore of Loch Tay close to its eastern end. [1] The hamlet was built in the early 19th century to house workers from the surrounding estates.
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The secondary department is the main secondary school for the whole of Highland Perthshire. It is the primary centre for Gaelic-medium education in Highland Perthshire for children from Glenlyon, Grandtully, Kenmore, Kinloch Rannoch and Dunkeld all receive their secondary education in Aberfeldy. In fifth and sixth, pupils from the Pitlochry ...
Longforgan is a village 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.