Finegand
Finegand
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 Finnegand farm | |
  Finegand Location withinPerth and Kinross | |
| OS grid reference | NO140662 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLAIRGOWRIE |
| Postcode district | PH10 |
| Dialling code | 01250 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Finegandis a farminghamletlocated in easternPerth and Kinross,Scotland and also refers historically to the portion of lands surrounding the hamlet. Finegand is located inGlen Sheeand encompasses the lands east of theShee Wateradjacent to a burn which joins it about 4 miles (6 kilometres) below theSpittaland about 18 miles (29 kilometres) north ofBlairgowrie.[1][2]
The name is a corruption of theGaelicFèith nan Ceann,meaning "the burn of the heads" and takes its name from an event, which according to legend, took place sometime in the 15th century. Local history tells of 15th century tax collectors sent repeatedly to Glenshee, probably by the oppressive Earl of Atholl, to collect ever-increasing tax from the highlanders "in whatever manner they deemed most effective", usually at the point of a sword. On one occasion, the glensmen having become so enraged at the tax collectors' pillaging, not only killed them all, but cut off their heads and threw them into the burn.
Finegand and the surrounding lands were long associated with theClan MacThomasalthough few clansmen remain in the glen, having fled or been forcibly disbursed after supporting the Jacobite cause.
References
[edit]- ^Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 43Braemar & Blair Atholl(Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011.ISBN9780319231197.
- ^Gittings, B.M."The Gazetteer for Scotland".scottish-places.info.Retrieved15 March2016.
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