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Abernyte
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Abernyte is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland.
Key Information
Geography
[edit]The village lies roughly 2 miles (3 kilometres) northwest of the former Inchture railway station, and around 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of Dundee.[2]
Buildings
[edit]The village has a heritage organisation, the Abernyte Heritage Group, which was formed in 1988. The group was formed by a mixture of longstanding residents and more recent arrivals to Abernyte and was part of a drive to maintain and celebrate the village's distinct local identity.[3] The group undertook an oral history project in 1996, which is now held at the archives at the University of Dundee.[3]
The history of Abernyte in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is documented in Abernyte: The Quiet Revolution, which was written by Dr Mary Young and the Abernyte Heritage Group and published in 2008.[4][5][6]
The Scottish Antique and Arts Centre lies around 1⁄4 mile (400 metres) south of the village, which was converted from the founding site of Stout Brothers Motor's, a pioneering vehicle sales and service enterprise, which was founded in 1947 here.
Between the 1961 and 1991, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post, part of 28 Group. The post has now been fully restored and is regularly maintained and preserved as a tribute to the last Group Commandant of 28 Group, local man J.R.D. (Hamish) Carr.[7]
The Abernyte Brewery, a microbrewery, is located at Slatch Farm near the village.[8]
Education
[edit]The village has a small primary school.[9] The proposed closing of the school in 2020 was defeated by the community and the school numbers have increased from 6 to 34 in 2024, along with an extremely positive inspection report.[citation needed]
The parish church is part of the Abernyte linked with Inchture and Kinnaird linked with Longforgan grouping of churches.[10]
Monuments
[edit]There is a prehistoric grave known as the Long Man’s grave near Abernyte, folklore traditions said that this was the grave of Macbeth. It was considered to possibly be a fallen standing stone but is more usually thought of as a stone capped grave.[11]
Census
[edit]In 2001, the population was 106 and had risen to 116 in 2011.
References
[edit]- ^ "Scotland's Census".
- ^ Profile for Abernyte
- ^ a b "MS 281 Abernyte Oral History Collection". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Book Review". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Abernyte Heritage Group". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Obituary Dr Mary Young". The Cumberland News. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Abernyte ROC Post – Subterranea Britannica". www.subbrit.org.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Abernyte Brewery - step mashed beers". Abernyte Brewery. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ^ "Abernyte Primary School". Perth and Kinross Council. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Abernyte Church". Carse Churches. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Long Man's Grave, Abernyte, Perthshire". The Northern Antiquarian. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
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