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Huntingtower and Ruthvenfield, vil., with ancient castle and extensive bleachfield, Tibbermore par., in co. and 2½ miles NW. of Perth, pop. 458; P.O., called Huntingtower; the castle (originally Ruthven, after the Gowrie Conspiracy Huntingtower) was the seat of the Ruthvens, Earls of Gowrie, and the scene of the "Raid of Ruthven," 1582.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tibbermore Parish Perthshire County |
| Place names: | HUNTINGTOWER | HUNTINGTOWER AND RUTHVENFIELD |
| Place: | Huntingtower |
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