Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Logierait

Logierait, par. and vil., Perthshire - par. (comprising a main body and 5 detached sections), 37,799 ac., pop. 2323; vil., on river Tay, near the influx of the Tummel, ¾ mile W. of Ballinluig sta., which is 8 miles NW. of Dunkeld; P.O.; Logierait was long the seat of the Athole family's regality courts, and had a large court-hall, and a prison, from which Rob Roy escaped in 1717; on a neighbouring eminence is a Celtic cross (1866) to the sixth Duke of Athole.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Logierait ScoP       Perthshire ScoCnty
Place: Logierait

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