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War Memorial, Blairgowrie and Rattray

This lies in Blairgowrie town centre, a stone pillar surmounted by a statue of a pelican and with the figure of a soldier with arms reversed at its base:-

War Memorial, Blairgowrie, Statue of Soldier

Side view:-

Blairgowrie War Memorial

Great War names are located on plaques on the pillar’s sides with second World War names on the plinth on which the soldier stands:-

Blargowrie War Memorial detail

War Memorial, Blairgowrie

One of the plinth’s sides has an additional plaque for a Korean War death:-

War Memorial, Blairgowrie

The remaining Great War plaque:-

Blairgowrie War Memorial, Great War Names

River Ericht at Blairgowrie

From Alyth we started driving back south homewards. The route took us through Blairgowrie which is so adjoined with the neigbouring Rattray they go under the one banner.

The River Ericht runs through the two towns and seems to be the border between them according to the caption on the photo here.

The north side of the river has a weir:-

River Ericht at Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross

Looking south from the bridge:-

Blairgowrie, River Ericht

There seems too to be a fish ladder under the bridge:-

River Ericht at Blairgowrie from Bridge

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