Comrie

Comrie, a pleasant and sheltered village of Perthshire, on the Earn, 7 miles W. of Crieff. It has often been visited by earthquakes, notably in the October of 1839 and January of 1876. These are apparently due to its geological position on the great line of fault between the Highlands and the Lowlands. Here George Gilfillan was born in 1813. The Free church, built in 1879-81, cost over £10,000. The railway lither was opened in 1893. Pop. 870.