Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dronach

Dronach, a haugh in Methven parish, Perthshire, on the left bank of the Almond, ½ mile WNW of Lynedoch Cottage, and 4 miles NW of Almondbank. Here, overshadowed by yew-trees, and enclosed by an iron railing, is the grave of ` Bessie Bell and Mary Gray,' who died of the plague in 1666. Their gravestone bears inscription: 'They lived-they loved-they died.' See Lynedoch.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a haugh"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Methven ScoP       Perthshire ScoCnty

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