Findo Gask is a small village in Perth and Kinross in

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, just off the main

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. It is in

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. There are nearby remains associated with the Roman Road to the south and the Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge. The area was associated with the family of Laurence Oliphant and his daughter, the songwriter Lady Nairne, was born there. During the

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, units of the

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were stationed at Findo Gask Airfield (now disused). The woodlands around Findo Gask are known to be excellent sites for the collection of

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, particularly black truffles, and truffle hunters can often be observed there during certain seasons. Gask House was built here in 1801 designed by Richard Crichton a pupil of

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Derivation

''Gask'' refers to the nearby Gask Ridge. In

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, a ''gasg'' is a projecting tail or strip of land. The name is shared with other local places including Nether Gask Cottage and Trinity Gask. ''Findo'' is a reference to Fynnoga or Findoca, a saint commemorated in the area. The village was once known as ''Fyndogask''. ("FINDO" is also an aviation

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in the vicinity.)FINDO
– OpenNav.com

In popular culture

Findo Gask is the name of a demon in ''

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'' and ''

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'', part of a series of

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novels by

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. The short story ''Findo Gask'' by Elizabeth E. Wein appears in the anthology ''Concussion'' published for the 57th British National Science Fiction Convention (April 2006), edited by Bridget Bradshaw, Farah Mendlesohn and Peter Young.

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-based electropop band Findo Gask are named after the village. ''On the Origin of Findo Gask'' is a book by David McCreight, about the coming of age of a teenager in the Black Isle of Scotland.

Notable people

* Robert Gardiner, cricketer and curler

References

* {{authority control Villages in Perth and Kinross