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Comrie (Shakey Toun)
Classification and Statistics
Settlement Type: village Population (2001): 1839 (1991): 1439
(1981): 1477
(1971): 1119
(1961): 1040
(1951): 1196
(1881): 1098
(1871): 746
(1861): 789
(1834): 978
Tourist Rating: Text of Entry Updated: 23-NOV-2006 Location
Latitude: 56.3761°N Longitude: 3.99°W National Grid Reference: NN 772 222 Show Maps: Get directions by entering the UK postcode of your location, home or hotel here eg. EH1 3YT
Geography
Nicknamed the 'Shakey Toun', Comrie has long been associated with earth tremors because of its situation on the Highland Boundary Fault. First recorded in 1597, a major series of quakes were reported in 1789 and in 1840 the world's first seismometers were erected here. A more sophisticated recording station, Earthquake House, was built in a field in The Ross in 1874.
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