Place:


Logierait  Perthshire

 

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Logierait like this:

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.

Logierait through time

Logierait is now part of Perth and Kinross district. Click here for graphs and data of how Perth and Kinross has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Logierait itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Logierait, in Perth and Kinross and Perthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/16585

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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