Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Foss

Foss, a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish in Dull parish, Perthshire. The hamlet stands near the right bank of the river Tummel, 1½ mile WSW of the head of Loch Tummel, and 12 miles W of its post-town, Pitlochry. It has a fair on the second Tuesday of March, old style. Foss House, ¾ mile nearer the loch, is a seat of Sir Robert Menzies, Bart. of Castle-Menzies. The parish, constituted by ecclesiastical authority in 1830, by civil authority in 1845, is in the presbytery of Weem and synod of Perth and Stirling; its minister's stipend is £120. Pop. (1871) 270, (1881) 226.—Ord. Sur., sh. 55,1869.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Perthshire County
Place: Foss

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