Findo Gask
Findo Gask | |
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![]() The River Earn in Findo Gask | |
Location within Perth and Kinross | |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PERTH |
Postcode district | PH1 |
Dialling code | 01738 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Findo Gask is a small village in
There are nearby remains associated with the Roman Road to the south[1] and the Roman Frontier[2] on the Gask Ridge.
The area was associated with the family of
During the
The woodlands around Findo Gask are known[
Gask House was built here in 1801 designed by
Derivation
Gask refers to the nearby Gask Ridge.[7] In Scottish Gaelic, a gasg is a projecting tail or strip of land. The name is shared with other local places including Nether Gask Cottage and Trinity Gask.[8]
Findo is a reference to Fynnoga or Findoca,[9] a saint commemorated in the area. The village was once known as Fyndogask. ("FINDO" is also an aviation waypoint in the vicinity.)[10]
In popular culture
Findo Gask is the name of a
The short story Findo Gask by Elizabeth E. Wein appears in the anthology Concussion published for the 57th British National Science Fiction Convention (April 2006), edited by Bridget Bradshaw, Farah Mendlesohn and Peter Young.
On the Origin of Findo Gask is a book by David McCreight, about the coming of age of a teenager in the Black Isle of Scotland.
Notable people
- Robert Gardiner, cricketer and curler
References
- ^ "Findo Gask". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
- ^ "Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge". The Roman Gask Project. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Laurence Oliphant of Gask". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "GASK HOUSE (Category B Listed Building) (LB11207)". Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Findo Gask Airfield". controltowers.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Architects
- ^ "Gask Ridge". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ "Trinity Gask". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ "Chronicles of Strathearn". scotsites.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ FINDO – OpenNav.com
- Map sources for Findo Gask
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