Forteviot
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Forteviot (Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Tabhaicht) (Ordnance Survey grid reference NO052175) is a village in Strathearn, Scotland on the south bank of the River Earn between Dunning and Perth. It lies in the council area of Perth and Kinross. The population in 1991 was 160.
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Houses on the square in Forteviot | |
Location within Perth and Kinross | |
OS grid reference | NO052174 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Perth |
Postcode district | PH2 |
Dialling code | 01764 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
56.339436°N 3.535103°W / 56.339436; -3.535103 |
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The present village was rebuilt in the 1920s by John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot of the Dewar's whisky family.