James Stobie was the

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to John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl, in the late 18th century. He is best known for designing the layout of

Perthshire Perthshire (Scottish English, locally: ; ), officially the County of Perth, is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross, Strathmore ...

villages on the bequest of the Murray. In 1784, he designed the village of

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and in 1786 he designed the layout of

Pitcairngreen Pitcairngreen (pronounced 'Pit-cairn Green') is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of Perth and Kinross which is more or less adjoined to the much larger village of Almondbank. It lies northwest of Perth. As its name would suggest, two feat ...

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