Qualla: Comrie https://qualla.com/comrie-perth-and-kinross en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Comrie https://qualla.com/comrie-perth-and-kinross Comrie: Introduction https://qualla.com/comrie-perth-and-kinross/ The ground shakes more often in Comrie than anywhere else in Britain. In the 1830s the village recorded around 7,300 tremors. The Gaelic name is Am Baile Critheanach, the Scots name is the Shaky Toun, and both mean the same thing: a small Highland village that happens to sit directly on top of the Highland Boundary Fault, the geological seam where the Lowlands stop and the Highlands begin. In 1840 the villagers installed one of the world's first seismometers in a tiny building in The Ross. A functional replica still sits there today, ticking away at one of the most seismically active spots in the country.

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/0/comrie-perth-and-kinross-wp/gfj0-comrie-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Comrie: Where Rivers Meet https://qualla.com/comrie-perth-and-kinross/ The name Comrie comes from a Gaelic phrase meaning flowing together, and the village sits at the confluence of three rivers: the Ruchill, the Lednock, and the Earn, which carries their combined water east to join the Tay. The setting is what Scots call a strath, a broad river val...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/0/comrie-perth-and-kinross-wp/gfj0-comrie-where-rivers-meet.mp3 0:06 2 full Comrie: The Romans Came Here https://qualla.com/comrie-perth-and-kinross/ In AD 79 the Roman general Agricola pushed north and built a fort and marching camp on what is now the outskirts of Comrie. It was part of a line of glen-blocking forts designed to seal off Highland exits, running from Drumquhassle in the south-west to Stracathro in the east. Som...

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