Forgandenny
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Forgandenny Scottish Gaelic Forgrann Eithne |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 21 ′ N , 3 ° 29 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 627 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | PERTH | ||
| ZIP code section | PH2 | ||
| prefix | 01738 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Perth and Kinross | ||
| British Parliament | Ochil and South Perthshire | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | ||
Forgandenny ( Gaelic : Forgrann Eithne ) is a small village in the Scottish council area of Perth and Kinross . It is located about 1.5 kilometers south of the River Earn about six kilometers southwest of Perth and 35 kilometers northeast of Stirling .
Between 1890 and 1928 the nationally important whiskey distillery Stronachie was operated near Forgandenny .
Forgandenny's main street
Forgandenny School
traffic
The M90 , which connects Perth with Edinburgh , runs about five kilometers east of the village . The A9 runs about four kilometers northwest. It leads to Thurso in Caithness in the north of Scotland. Forgandenny itself does not have a train station. However, nearby Perth's train station is a long-distance stop.
Web links
Commons : Forgandenny - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Forgandenny in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )