St Martins, Perth and Kinross explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:St Martins
Gaelic Name:Cille Mhàrtainn
Static Image Name:File:Monument NE of St Martins - geograph.org.uk - 1549967.jpg
Static Image Caption:A monument to the northeast of the parish
Map Type:Scotland
Coordinates:56.4556°N -3.379°W
Unitary Scotland:Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy Scotland:Perth and Kinross
Constituency Westminster:Perth and North Perthshire
Constituency Scottish Parliament:North Tayside
Constituency Scottish Parliament1:North East Scotland
Post Town:PERTH
Postcode District:PH2
Postcode Area:PH
Dial Code:01738

St Martins is a parish in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, just north of the Sidlaws range of hills, about north-northeast of Perth and northwest of Balbeggie.[1] The parish is named for Martin of Tours, of Lower Hungary.[2]

Perth Airport, at Scone, is to the south, and the parish is beneath the climb-out of aircraft departing from runway 03.[3]

The parish is mentioned in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, in a scene in which the title character meets with two witches on a moor in the parish. The location is marked by today's Witches' Stone.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parfirst530.html Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland
  2. Historic Scenes in Perthshire, William Marshall, 1880 (p. 249)
  3. https://perthairport.co.uk/images/Perth-Airport-SOPs-24042018.pdf STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, Perth Airport EGPT
  4. Historic Scenes in Perthshire, William Marshall, 1880 (p. 250)
  5. http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201794 William Macdonald Mackenzie