Rait
Rait is a small village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Errol, in the Gowrie area west of Dundee, on a minor road crossing the Sidlaw Hills through the Glen of Rait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Ràt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fingask Castle and Glendoick House.
Fingask Castle
Castle
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fingask Castle is a country house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is perched 200 feet above Rait, three miles north-east of Errol, in the Braes of the Carse, on the fringes of the Sidlaw Hills.
Glendoick House
House
Photo: Dr Richard Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glendoick House is situated 2½ miles southwest of Rait.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilspindie and Kinnaird.
Kilspindie
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilspindie is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated on the Kilspindie burn, approximately 2+3⁄4 miles northwest of Errol, 12 miles west of Dundee centre and 6+1⁄2 miles east of Perth.
Kinnaird
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinnaird is a village in Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. It is notable for its 15th-century castle. The four-storeyed Kinnaird Castle was a stronghold of the Threiplands of Fingask, a local Jacobite family. Kinnaird is situated 1½ miles northeast of Rait.
Errol
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Errol is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, about halfway between Dundee and Perth. It is one of the principal settlements of the Carse of Gowrie. Errol is situated 3 miles southeast of Rait.
Rait
- Category: locality
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.42723° or 56° 25′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.25654° or 3° 15′ 24″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
9C8RCPGV+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 343526233OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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