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Blairgowrie
Blairgowrie, in Perthshire,
is situated on the Ericht. The town is entirely modern, and
owed its development to the water-power supplied by the Ericht
for linen and jute factories. Strawberries, raspberries and
other fruits are largely grown in the neighborhood. A park
was presented to the town in 1892. On the left hank of the
Ericht, opposite Blairgowrie, with which it is connected by
a four-arched bridge,, stands the town and police burgh of
Rattray (pop. 2019), where there were flax and jute mills.
Donald Cargill the Covenanter, who was executed at Edinburgh,
was a native of the parish. Four miles west of Blairgowrie,
on the coach road to Dunkeld, lies Loch Clunie, of some 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 mound near the loch was the site of the castle
in which Edward I. lodged on one of his Scottish expeditions.
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