Blackford
Blackford is an archaeological site in Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland. Blackford is situated nearby to the church The Old Kirk, as well as near the forest The Strip.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gleneagles railway station and Gleneagles Hotel.
Gleneagles railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gleneagles railway station serves the town of Auchterarder in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Gleneagles railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Blackford.
Gleneagles Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gleneagles Hotel is a hotel near Auchterarder, Scotland. It was commissioned by the Caledonian Railway and opened in 1924. The bandleader Henry Hall performed at the hotel before the Second World War during which it served as a military hospital. Gleneagles Hotel is situated 2 miles northeast of Blackford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackford and Glen Eagles.
Blackford
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackford is located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately 5 miles from the town of Auchterarder. The village is located just off the A9 between Perth and Stirling which has been bypassed since 1978.
Glen Eagles
Village
Glen Eagles is a glen that connects with Glen Devon to form a pass through the Ochil Hills of Perth and Kinross in Scotland. The name's origin has nothing to do with eagles, and is a corruption of eaglais or ecclesia, meaning church, and refers to the chapel and well of Saint Mungo, which was restored as a memorial to the Haldane family that owns the Gleneagles estate. Glen Eagles is situated 2 miles northeast of Blackford.
Tullibardine
Hamlet
Photo: paul birrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullibardine is a location in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, which gives its name to a village, a castle and a grant of nobility. The village of Tullibardine is a settlement of approximately forty dwellings about 10 miles southwest of Perth. Tullibardine is situated 3½ miles northeast of Blackford.
Blackford
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.25945° or 56° 15′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.78399° or 3° 47′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C8R7658+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2661199430OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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