Somewhat belated response to George regarding Glenturret ! The area known as Glenturret lies in the Parish of Monzievaird and Strowan ( pronounced mony –vaird ) which is to the north and west of Crieff Parish . Loch Turret and the Glen lay in the lands on the Murrays of Ochtertyre . I have just transcribed the Rent Roll of the Estate for the 1865 which I intend posting on my web site shortly . Glenturret comprised a number of small farms and latterly was given over to sheep . Farms included the Hosh , Ballochalloch , House of Burn and on the periphery the Quoigs ( pronounced Quiggs !! ) The Turret Burn flows from Loch Turret down through what is MacRosty Park in Crieff and joins the Earn at Lady Mary’s Walk . The Turret distillery ( now the Famous Grouse Experience ) claims to be the oldest distillery in Scotland . The Loch provided Crieff with its water courtesy of the Murrays for generations and the Murray Fountain in James Square Crieff was erected as a token of thanks to the family . The Loch was dammed in the 1950s and a number of habitations disappeared particularly the shooting lodge of Rhuad Mhor . My latest book , Crieff and Strathearn Through Time has a picture of the Loch now and then on the front cover and can be viewed on _http://caledonianconnections.com/CrieffandStrathearnThroughTime.aspx_ (http://caledonianconnections.com/CrieffandStrathearnThroughTime.aspx) . It shows Burn’s Rock where Rabbie composed a poem on the bird life of Glenturret . The birds being water fowl and not the two legged version with which he was usually associated ! Col frae Crieff

Thanks to Colin and Peter for catching my error regarding Glen Turret being in the parish of Monzie(vaird) rather than Crieff. I knew the boundary line for the two parishes was somewhere nearby in that area, but I was mistaken as to which side of that line Glen Turret was on. I'm more familiar with the parish boundaries to the west of Crieff. Ryk frae Canada