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Perthshire is an traditional county in central Scotland, which extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south. Perthshire is known as the "big county" and has a wide variety of landscapes, from the rich agricultural strath s in the east, to the high mountains of the southern Highlands. Perthshire was a unitary local government area until 1974, when the old counties were replaced, for administrative purposes, by a two-tier system of local government. During the 1974 re-organisation, some administrative boundaries were changed, and West Perthshire (the area of west and south of Killin including Callander , Crianlarich and Aberfoyle ) was transferred to the neighbouring administrative area of Stirlingshire. The smaller 1974 boundary was retained in 1995 when the two-tier system was abandoned, and the unitary council of Perth and Kinross replaced Perth and Kinross District Council and Tayside Region. However, the original Perthshire county boundary is still used for the purposes of land registration, and for postal addresses. Perthshire extends to 5300 km².

1 Towns

Besides Perth, other towns in Perthshire include:

• Crieff
• Dunkeld and Birnam
• Pitlochry
• Aberfeldy
• AuchterarderAuchterarder is a small burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is the site of the Gleneagles championship golf course. There is an aviation museum nearby. Towns in Scotland.
• Bridge of Earn
• BlairgowrieBlairgowrie is the name of several places in the world: Blairgowrie and Rattray, Scotland Blairgowrie, Victoria, Australia.
• Crianlarich
• AberfoyleThere is also Aberfoyle, Ontario. Aberfoyle is a village in the region of Stirling, Scotland, 27 miles northwest of Glasgow. The population stands at 635 as of the 1998 census. The town is situated at the base of Craigmore (1271 foot high) and on the Lagg
• CallanderCallander is a burgh in the region of Stirling, Scotland, on the River Teith. It lies on the eastern fringe of the Trossachs. The town now attracts a number of tourists and has a visitor centre largely devoted to Rob Roy MacGregor, who lived in the nearby
• Forgandenny

2 Famous places

• Blair CastleBlair Castle is a castle in the village of Blair Atholl on Tayside in Scotland. It is the home of the Murray family, who hold the title Duke of Atholl. The castle was started in 1269 by John Comyn, a neighbour of the Earl of Atholl, who started building o
• Scone Palace
• Dunkeld CathedralDunkeld Cathedral stands on the north bank of the River Tay in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Built in square-stone style of predominantly gray sandstone, the cathedral proper was begun in 1260 and completed in 1501. It stands on the site of the former Cu
• Near Strathtay and Strathmore many four-posterArchaeologists refer to two different structures as a four-poster . The first is a type of stone setting found uniquely within the British Isles. They date from the Bronze Age and, as the name suggests, usually consist of four stones. Late Bronze Age, Iros can be found
• Meikleour beech hedge - highest in the world
• Birnam Wood and Dunsinane HillDunsinane Hill is located in central Scotland. It is mentioned in the Shakespearean play Macbeth., famous from Shakespeare's Macbeth