Port na Craig (also spelt Port-na-Craig or Port-na-craig) is a historic village in
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
,
Scotland
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, located directly across the
River Tummel
The River Tummel ( gd, Uisge Theimheil) is a river in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Water from the Tummel is used in the Tummel hydro-electric power scheme, operated by SSE plc, SSE.
As a tributary of the River Tay, the Tummel is included as par ...
from
Pitlochry
Pitlochry (; gd, Baile Chloichridh or ) is a town in the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. It is historically in the county of Perthshire, and has a population of 2,776, according to the 2011 census.Scotla ...
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[Port na Craig]
" Gazeteer for Scotland. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
A ferry connected Port na Craig and Pitlochry from the 12th century until 1913, when a pedestrian bridge was built between the two.
[
Port na Craig is the location of the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, opened in 1981.]
" Gazeteer for Scotland. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
References
Villages in Perth and Kinross
Pitlochry
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