Madderty is a village in

Strathearn Strathearn or Strath Earn (, from gd, Srath Èireann) is the strath of the River Earn, in Scotland, extending from Loch Earn in the West to the River Tay in the east.http://www.strathearn.com/st_where.htm Derivation of name Strathearn was on ...

, Perth and Kinross. It lies on the former railway line connecting

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

and

Crieff Crieff (; gd, Craoibh, meaning "tree") is a Scottish market town in Perth and Kinross on the A85 road between Perth and Crianlarich, and the A822 between Greenloaning and Aberfeldy. The A822 joins the A823 to Dunfermline. Crieff has becom ...

. The

Gask Ridge The Gask Ridge is the modern name given to an early series of fortifications, built by the Romans in Scotland, close to the Highland Line. Modern excavation and interpretation has been pioneered by the Roman Gask Project, with Birgitta Hoffmann ...

and its Roman road lie to the south and the remains of Inchaffray Abbey to the north. Madderty is mentioned in a charter of about 1200, at which time there was a church dedicated to Saint Ethernan in the village. The prominent agricultural zoologist Dr

Daniel MacLagan Dr Daniel Stewart MacLagan FRSE FRES (3 June 1904 – 3 February 1991) was a 20th-century Scottish agricultural zoologist and entomologist. He was popularly known as Dan MacLagan. Life He was born on 3 June 1904 at Williamstone Farm in Madderty ...

FRSE (1904-1991) was born on Williamstone Farm here and later ran the farm.https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/obits_alpha/maclagan_daniel.pdf

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Gazetteer for Scotland
Villages in Perth and Kinross {{PerthKinross-geo-stub