Perth is a town and former royal burgh in central Scotland. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative headquarters of Perth and Kinross council area. According to the 2001 census, the population of the town is 43,450. Perth was a large burgh prior to 1975, and the county town of the former county of Perthshire. The name Perth has hence been used for a number of other settlements around the world. The most notable of these is Perth, Western Australia — named such at the wish of Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, who was born in Perth. Charles II was crowned at Scone, traditional site of the investiture of Kings of Scots, in 1651. However, within a year, Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarians, fresh from victory in the English Civil War, came to Perth. Cromwell established a fortified citadel on the South Inch (a large park south of the town) in 1652, one of five built around Scotland at this time to overawe and hold down the country. Perth's hospital, bridge and several dozen houses were demolished to provide building materials for this fort. Source : www.wikipedia.org.uk
Local Attractions :
Scone Palace : http://www.scone-palace.co.ukLocal Attractions :
Huntingtower Castle : http://www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk/castles-huntingtower.htm
Perthshire Visitor Centre : http://www.perthshire.co.uk/index.asp?lm=301
Black Watch Museum : http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/museum_gfx_en/SC000038.html
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