Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Castleton

Castleton, a village in Fowlis-Wester parish, Perthshire, 5 miles NE of Crieff. It took its name from a Castle, now extinct, of the Earls of Strathearn.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Fowlis Wester Parish       Perthshire County

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