Spittalfield

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Spittalfield
Anger from Spittalfield
Anger from Spittalfield
Coordinates 56 ° 33 ′  N , 3 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 33 ′  N , 3 ° 27 ′  W
Spittalfield (Scotland)
Spittalfield
Spittalfield
administration
Post town PERTH
ZIP code section PH1
prefix 01738
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Perth and Kinross
British Parliament Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish Parliament Perthshire North

Spittalfield is a Scottish town in the Council Area Perth and Kinross . It is located in the traditional county of Perthshire around nine kilometers east of Dunkeld and 18 kilometers north of central Perth .

history

In the immediate vicinity of Spittalfield there are various testimonies to the prehistoric settlement of the region. There are two cairns to the west and north , which were probably built during the Bronze Age . To the northwest there are two basements that are protected as ground monuments. A probably Bronze Age standing stone with a height of 1.8 meters is 1.4 meters wide and 0.8 meters deep. During the Roman occupation of Britain , Roman troops advanced as far as Perthshire. Two kilometers southeast of Spittalfield on the Tay was a Roman fort at that time , which served as a border fortification.

Spittalfield was in 1766 as a planned community around a Anger created. The village developed with weaving. The villa Gourdie House was built near the village in the 18th century .

As part of the 1971 census survey, Spittalfield had 121 residents.

traffic

The A984 leading from Dunkeld to Coupar Angus forms the main thoroughfare of Spittalfield. In the west the A9 ( Polmont - Scrabster ) and in the east the A93 leading from Perth to Aberdeen can be reached within a few kilometers.

Since 1856 there was a rail connection in Murthly, three kilometers away on the opposite bank of the Tay. However, the station along the Perth and Dunkeld Railway was closed in 1965.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  8. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  9. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  10. ↑ Entry on Murthly train station  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)