Dron

Dron is a hamlet in Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland. Dron is situated nearby to the hamlet Millhill, as well as near Fifebanks.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rossie Priory and Old Parish Church, Liff.

Rossie Priory

Manor estate

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rossie Priory is a category B listed country house and estate to the north of Inchture, near the hamlets of Baledgarno and Knapp, Perthshire, Scotland. It lies 9.6 miles by road west of the city centre of Dundee. The large estate is roughly 2000 acres.

Old Parish Church, Liff

Church

Photo: Scott Cormie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Parish Church, Liff is situated 2½ miles east of Dron.

Fowlis Castle

Farmhouse

Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fowlis Castle is situated five miles northwest of Dundee, Scotland, in the hamlet of Fowlis. It is a tower house dating from the seventeenth century. It was held by the Maule family and then by the Mortimers before coming to the Gray family in 1337. Fowlis Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Dron.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longforgan and Liff.

Longforgan

Village

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Longforgan is a town and parish in the Carse of Gowrie, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies 5 miles west of Dundee on the main A90 road. Longforgan is situated 1½ miles southeast of Dron.

Liff

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Liff is a town in Angus, Scotland, situated 4+1⁄2 miles west-northwest of Dundee on a south-facing slope two miles north of the River Tay. It had a population of 568 in 2011. Liff is situated 2½ miles east of Dron.

Inchture

Village

Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Inchture is a village in Scotland between Dundee and Perth on the northern side of the Firth of Tay. It is approximately nine miles from Dundee city centre and 13 miles from Perth. Inchture is situated 2½ miles southwest of Dron.

Dron

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.47659° or 56° 28′ 36″ north

Longitude

-3.14344° or 3° 8′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C8RFVG4+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2198046262

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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