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Welcome to Auchterarder Scotland
  The
Royal Burgh of Auchterarder is a situated with the Ochil Hills and Gleneagles
to the south and Strathearn to the north. The town is laid out with a
long main street giving it the nickname of the Lang Toon.
To the south-west of Auchterarder lies the world famous Gleneagles Hotel
and Golf Courses. The town is a centre for golfing holidays with many
hotels and guest houses offering packages. 
At nearby Braco, the Ardoch Roman Fort is one of the most of important
surviving monuments of the Roman period in Britain. The area also boasts
the magnificent Celtic nine-foot Dupplin Cross, now housed in St Serfs
Church in the lovely village of Dunning. Before being moved to the church
for protection in 2002, this intricately carved cross stood on a hillside
for over 1000 years.
Accommodation in and around Auchterarder
Price Guide - per person based on sharing room: 
under $40 -  $41
- 70 -  more than
$70
The narrow fields and woodlands of the area lead into narrow Glen Eagles,
a name derived from the Gaelic 'eaglais', meaning church, rather than
eagles. Visible from much of Strathearn, the Ochils are a long range of
steeply-sided, round-topped hills, stretching 25 miles from the Firth
of Tay in the north-east to Stirling in the south-west. Colourful hill
names include Whitewisp, Steele's Knowe, Craigentaggert, The Nebit, Ben
Cleuch (the highest at 2363ft) and Bengengie. Walkers can choose from
a number of interesting lower level options through the glens, splendid
individual hills or, for the energetic, enjoy a full traverse across the
spine of the Ochil Range from Sheriffmuir to Glen Devon. The hills of
Highland Perthshire, Fife and the Trossachs are all clearly visible from
the many vantage points throughout the range.
Alexander II granted the canons of Inchaffray rights over Auchterarder
in 1227. Edward I of England spent a night in Auchterarder Castle during
his 1296 invasion of Scotland. In 1328 Robert I (Robert the Bruce) granted
the town to the Montifex family, from whom it passed by dowry to the Drummond
family.
After the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1716 the town was burnt by Jacobites.
It was rebuilt shortly afterwards but remained small as it did not lie
on the important military roads being built through Perthshire. However,
from 1760-1780 linen weaving, a dye works and a paper mill were established
in the town. The railway arrived in 1848.
Auchterarder has played a role in Scottish Religious events. Mary of Lorraine
negotiated the Treaty of Perth from the town in 1559. By its terms John
Knox gained the first State recognition of Protestantism in Scotland.
In 1843 the members of the Church in the town began what was to lead to
a split, The Disruption, in the Protestant Church of Scotland for almost
a 100 years.
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