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Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 60 - Parish of Monzievaird and Strowan, OS1/25/60

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County of Perth, -- Parish of Monzievaird and Strowan
DRY ISLE
The most remarkable
ruin presently existing in these parishes
is an old Castle, situated on the north of the Loch of Monzievaird, on a peninsula, which, being
separated from the mainland by a very narrow isthmus, must in former times have been often converted
into an island, and approached only by a drawbridge, for the purposes of strength and security. *** Sir William
Murray, first Baronet of Ochtertyre, inhabited this Castle for some time about 1650, during the usurpation of Cromwell;
and the spot on which it stood, then received the name of Dry Isle.
Statistical Account

Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 60 - Parish of Monzievaird and Strowan, OS1/25/60

This volume contains information found in the parish of Monzievaird and Strowan.

Ordnance Survey - Perth county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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