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Comrie is a town in the Strathearn area of Perth And Kinross , Scotland , seven miles west of Crieff . It became the site of the world's first Seismometer s in 1840 . Comrie sits at the confluence of three rivers. The Ruchill and the Lednock both are tributaries to the Earn, which itself eventually feeds into the Tay. The name Comrie is derived from Gaelic and means 'the place where rivers join'. Due to its situation on a fault line and the resulting frequent (minor) earthquakes it earned the nickname of the "Shaky Toun". Comrie's early prosperity was from weaving. This was mostly done as piecework in people's own homes. Comrie was also important as a droving town. Cattle destined for the markets of the Scottish Lowlands and ultimately England would be driven south from their grazing areas in the Highlands. River crossings, such as at Comrie, were important staging posts on the way south. Much of the land around Comrie was owned by the Drummond family, Earls of Perth, latterly Earls of Ancaster. Another branch of the Drummond family owned Drummondernoch, to the west of the town. Here also lies Aberuchill Castle, originally a Campbell seat. To the south of the town is a military camp at Cultybraggan. During WWII this housed Italian and later German prisoners of war. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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