Towns in the area
Comrie is in the heart of the scenic western Strathearn area of Perthshire. It is beautifully located where Glens Artney and Lednock meet with the Highlands stretching to the north. The village has a wonderful variety of interesting shops, accommodation and business along the length of its main street.
Award-winning attractions are based minutes from the village centre. The Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre is home to many species of animals with families being allowed a hands-on approach with animals in certain areas of the centre. The other attraction is Drummond Trout Farm & Fishery which was hailed as Perthshire’s most enjoyable attraction. A pleasant day can be spent there with the prospect of bringing home your supper! For the keen gardener, it’s a must that you should visit Highland Heathers. It is a working nursery with over 150 different varieties of heather growing on site.
During the Middle Ages Comrie does not feature large in documented history but it could be argued that it was a quiet agricultural settlement with its kirk [church] and a handful of small cottages. 
It is known that it suffered badly in 1645 when ‘plague and pestilence’ swept through the Strath. Smallpox also took its toll until 1790s.
The village is aptly nicknamed ‘Shakey Toun’, due to it lying on the Highland Boundary Fault and experiencing earth tremors for several centuries. These were first recorded in 1597 and a major series of shocks were recorded in 1798.
It was not until 1840 that the world’s first seismometers were set up on the site of Brough and MacPherson’s in Comrie. However, a more sophisticated recording station was built in a field in The Ross in 1869. Recently refurbished, Earthquake House is one of the oldest permanent seismic observatories on earth, and is worth a visit!
Although the Romans called the village Victoria, its original name was believed to have been Aberlednock [given because of the local River Lednock] until the ascendancy of the gaelic-speaking Scotti (Latin for the inhabitants of Ireland) who fought the Picts at Dundurn Hill which resulted in today’s name being adopted. It was derived from the gaelic ‘concruith’ meaning ‘confluence of streams’.
Standing impressively on the peak of Dunmore over Comrie, at the mouth of the glen, is Melville Monument, built in 1811. There are magnificent panoramic views of Strathearn unfolding as you see the Ochil mountain range to the south and Loch Earn and its surrounding mountains and hills to the north.
