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Longforgan
Perth and KinrossLongforgan Post Office
©2013 Gazetteer for Scotland
A village in a parish of the same name in the Carse of Gowrie, southeast Perth and Kinross, Longforgan lies 5 miles (8 km) west of Dundee. It was created a burgh of barony in 1672 and developed in association with Castle Huntly to the southwest.
Longforgan is home to best-selling author Rosamunde Pilcher (b.1924) and a street is named in her honour.
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The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland
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The Royal Scottish Geographical Society,
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