Forteviot

Forteviot
Forteviot
	Houses on the square in Forteviot
	Forteviot Location within Perth and Kinross
OS grid reference	NO052174
Council area	Perth and Kinross;
Lieutenancy area	Perth and Kinross;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Perth
Postcode district	PH2
Dialling code	01764
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ochil and South Perthshire;
Scottish Parliament	Perthshire South and Kinross-shire;

Forteviot (Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Tabhaicht) (Ordnance Survey grid reference NO052175) is a village in Strathearn, Scotland on the south bank of the River Earn between Dunning and Perth. It lies in the council area of Perth and Kinross. The population in 1991 was 160.

The present village was rebuilt in the 1920s by John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot of the Dewar's whisky family.

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