Location
Historically Comrie was assumed under the County of Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) and is still generally described as such, even though the County was officially dismantled in 1975. Comrie sits at the confluence of three rivers. The River Ruchill (Gaelic: An Ruadh Thuill, The Red Flood) and The River Lednock (Scots Gaelic: An Leathad Cnoc, The Wooded Knoll) are both tributaries of the Earn (Gaelic: Uisge Èireann), which itself eventually feeds into the Tay (Gaelic: Uisge Tatha). The name Comrie is of Gaelic origin and is derived from the Gaelic word conruith meaning 'a place where rivers meet' or 'confluence'. Due to its position astride the Highland Boundary Fault it has historically experienced frequent earthquakes and Comrie is now nicknamed the 'Shaky Toun/Toon' (Scots) or 'Am Baile critheanach' (Gaelic). In the 1830s, around 7,300 tremors were recorded and today Comrie remains one of the most geologically active areas in the United Kingdom and records earthquakes more often, and to a higher intensity, than anywhere else in the United Kingdom. Comrie became the site of one of the world's first seismometers in 1840.
The village's position on the Highland Boundary Fault is unique. To the north of the village, Ben Chonzie and the Grampian Mountains rise majestically, while to the south of the village wide and open moorland is joined by lesser (though still impressive) mountains and glens which provide a unique range of terrain and ecology.
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